Representative Publications

Arthur, A. E., Bigler, R. S., Liben, L. S., Gelman, S. A., & Ruble, D. N (2008). Gender stereotyping in young children: A developmental intergroup perspective. In M. Killen and S. Levy (Eds)., Intergroup Attitudes and Relations in Childhood Through Adulthood. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 66-86.

Bigler, R.S., & Patterson, M.M. (in press). When and why social categorization produces inequality (and vice versa). Human Development.

Patterson, M.M., & Bigler, R.S. (in press). Effects of physical atypicality on children's social identities and intergroup attitudes. International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Bigler, R. S. & Liben, L.S. (2007). Developmental intergroup theory: Explaining and reducing children's social stereotyping and prejudice. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 162-166.

Hughes, J. M. & Bigler, R. S. (2007). Addressing race and racism in the classroom. In E. Frankenberg & G. Orfield (Eds.) Lessons in Integration. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 190-206.

Hughes, J. M., & Bigler, R. S. (2007). The impact of race on children’s occupational aspirations. In S. Quintana and C. McKown (Eds.), Handbook of race, racism, and the developing child (397-423). Wiley: New York.

Hughes, J. M., Bigler, R. S., & Levy, S. R. (2007). Consequences of learning about historical racism among European American and African American children. Child Development, 78, 1689-1705.

Patterson, M. M., & Bigler, R. S. (2007).  Relations among social identities, intergroup attitudes, and schooling: Perspectives from intergroup theory and research.  In A. Fuligni (Ed.), Contesting
Stereotypes and Creating Identities: Social Categories, Social Identities and Educational Participation. New York: Russell Sage.

Weisgram, E. S. & Bigler, R. S. (2007). Effects of learning about gender discrimination on adolescent girls' attitudes toward and interest in science. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 3, 262-269.

Patterson, M. M. & Bigler, R. S. (2006). Preschool children's attention to environmental messages about  groups: Social categorization and the origins of intergroup bias. Child Development, 77, 847-860.

Bigler, R. S. & Liben, L. S. (2006). A developmental intergroup theory of social stereotypes and prejudice. In R. V. Kail (Ed.), Advances in child development and behavior (Vol. 34, pp. 39–89). San Diego: Elsevier.

Bigler, R. S. (2005). "Good morning, boys and girls": When a simple greeting engenders stereotypes. Teaching Tolerance, 28, 22-23.

Spears Brown, C.S. & Bigler, R. S. (2005). Children's perceptions of discrimination: a developmental model. Child Development, 76, 533-553.

Spears Brown, C.S. & Bigler, R. S. (2004) Children's Perceptions of Gender Discrimination. Developmental Psychology, Vol 40(5), 714-726.

Leaper, C.M. & Bigler R. S. (2004) Gendered language and sexist thought. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Vol 69(1), 128-142.

Green, V. A., Bigler, R. S., & Catherwood, D. (2004); The Variability and Flexibility of Gender-Typed Toy Play: A Close Look at Children's Behavioral Responses to Counterstereotypic ModelsSex Roles, Vol 51(7-8), 371-386.

Bigler, R. S., Averhart, C. A., & Liben, L.S. (2003). Race and the work force: Occupational status, aspirations, and stereotyping among African American children. Developmental Psychology, Vol 39(3), May 2003. pp. 572-580.

Brown, C. S., & Bigler, R. S. (2002). Effects of minority status in the classroom on children’s intergroup attitudes. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol 83(2), 77-110.

Liben, L. S., & Bigler, R. S. (2002). The developmental course of gender differentiation: Conceptualizing, measuring, and evaluating constructs and pathways. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 67, (2, Serial No. 269).

Liben, L. S., Bigler, R. S., & Krogh, H. R. (2002). Language at work: Children’s gendered interpretations of occupational titles. Child Development, 73, 810-828.

Bigler, R. S., Brown, C. S., & Markell, M. (2001). When groups are not created equal: Effects of group status on the formation of intergroup attitudes in children. Child Development, 72, 1151-1162.

Liben, L. S., Bigler, R. S., & Krogh, H. R. (2001). Pink and blue collar jobs: Children's judgments of job status and job aspirations in relation to sex of worker. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 79, 346-363.

Bigler, R. S. (1999). The use of multicultural curricula and materials to counter racism in children. Journal of Social Issues, 55, 687-705.

Bigler, R. S. (1998). Psychological interventions designed to counter sexism in children: Empirical limitations and theoretical foundations. In W. B. Swann, J. H. Langlois, & L. A. Gilbert (Eds.), Sexism and stereotypes in modern society: The gender science of Janet Taylor Spence. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Averhart, C. J., & Bigler, R. S. (1997). Shades of meaning: Skin tone, racial attitudes, and constructive memory in African American children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 67, 363-388.

Signorella, M. L., Bigler, R. S., & Liben, L. S. (1997). A meta-analysis of children's memories for own-sex and other-sex information. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 18, 429-445.

Bigler, R. S. (1997). Conceptual and methodological issues in the measurement of children's sex typing. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21, 53-69.

Bigler, R. S., Jones, L. C., & Lobliner, D. B. (1997). Social categorization and the formation of intergroup attitudes in children. Child Development, 68, 530-543.

Bigler, R. S. (1995). The role of classification skill in moderating environmental influences on children's gender stereotyping: A study of the functional use of gender in the classroom.
Child Development, 66, 1072-1087.

Signorella, M. L., Bigler, R. S., & Liben, L. S. (1993). Developmental differences in children's gender schemata about others: A meta-analytic review. Developmental Review, 13, 147-183.

Bigler, R. S., & Liben, L. S. (1993). A cognitive-developmental approach to racial stereotyping
and reconstructive memory in Euro-American children. Child Development, 64, 1507-1518.

Bigler, R. S., & Liben, L. S. (1992). Cognitive mechanism in children's gender stereotyping: Theoretical and educational implications of a cognitive-based intervention. Child
Development, 63, 1351-1363.

Bigler, R. S., & Liben, L. S. (1990). The role of attitudes and intervention in gender-schematic processing. Child Development, 61, 1440-1452.

Liben, L. S., & Bigler, R. S. (1987). Reformulating children's gender schemata. In L. S. Liben & M. L. Signorella (Eds.), Children's gender schemata (New Directions for Child Development, No. 38, pp. 89-105). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.