Hasset et al (issues and debates)

Question 1

Nature explanations

Answer 1

• The results showed that male monkeys prefferred wheeled toys. While females preffered plush toys.
• These results aligned with evolutionary theories that biological differences between males and females may be driven by hormonal influences

Question 2

Nurture explanations

Answer 2

• The results showed that female monkeys didnt really have a preffernces for stereotypically gendered toys
• These results suggest that the** socialisation of boys** drives these observed differences. Which may link to social learning or operant conditioning

Question 3

Situational explanations

Answer 3

• The monkeys were placed in a new, possibly exciting sitution.
• This situation may have encouraged them to engage more with the toys and even how they played with the toys.
• But it doesn’t explain why males preffered wheeled toys (could be nature)

Question 4

Indiviudal explanations

Answer 4

• Overall trends showed a preference for wheeled toys in males and plush toys in females. However, not ALL monkeys CONFORMED to these preferences.
• Suggesting there may be individual differneces/ predispositions that affected/ contribute to toy preferences (beyond enviromental influences)