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Summary
In order to determine whether sex-role orientation of preschool-aged children influences measures of cognitive ability, data were gathered for 48 subjects (24 males and 24 females) aged 3 and 5 years chosen nonrandomly from university child care centers on measures of sex-role orientation (Toy Preference Test) and cognitive ability (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Preschool Embedded Figures Test, Piagetian classification task). Significant sex differences were found on the Toy Preference Test. No significant results were found regarding the relationship between Toy Preference Test scores and cognitive measures. Significant age differences were observed in the expected directions for all variables, except for females on the classification task.