Table 5.

Meta-analyzed descriptive stereotypes (d) by target age.

Characteristic	Toddlers	Elementary-school age	Adolescents	Young adults	Adults	Elderly
Agentic	0.40	0.35	0.90	0.63	0.93	0.83
Communal	−0.82	−0.97	−0.89	−0.91	−1.32	−0.88
Dominant	0.95	0.97	1.25	1.07	1.40	0.83
Weak	−0.37	−0.75	−0.84	−0.41	−0.93	−0.53
Emotional	−0.37	−0.82	−1.00	−0.83	−1.30	0.02
Intelligent	−0.39	−0.43	−0.17	0.28	0.48	0.60
Independent	0.25	0.11	0.17	0.03	0.72	0.31
Shy	−0.34	−0.91	−0.56	−0.46	−1.03	−0.46
Active	0.25	0.67	0.48	0.07	0.47	0.24
Likeable	−0.44	−0.30	−0.58	−0.68	−0.31	−0.29
Helpful	−0.47	−0.61	−0.43	−0.51	−0.65	−0.45
Wholesome	−0.63	−0.67	−0.65	−0.25	−0.56	−0.51
Rebellious	0.32	0.74	0.35	0.78	0.60	0.69
Noisy	0.44	0.84	0.57	0.54	0.41	0.39
Sexually active	0.30	0.34	0.48	0.64	0.50	0.61
Masculine interests	0.71	0.64	0.73	0.57	1.17	1.14
Masculine appearance	0.99	1.46	1.20	1.14	1.49	0.67
Masculine toys	1.45	1.68	1.22	0.85	0.75	0.79
Feminine interests	−0.16	−0.90	−1.10	−0.73	−0.76	−0.04
Feminine appearance	−2.08	−2.35	−1.58	−2.03	−1.87	−0.64
Feminine toys	−2.11	−2.51	−1.05	−0.69	−0.49	0.24

Positive d-values reflect males were rated higher on that characteristic and negative d-values reflect females were rated higher on that characteristic.