stereotype

Examples of stereotype in the following topics:

• The Psychological Perspective

  • One crucial psychological finding is that members of stereotyped groups internalize those stereotypes and may suffer as a result.
  • Stereotype Threat is the experience of anxiety or concern in a situation where a person has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about their social group.
  • Since most people have at least one social identity which is negatively stereotyped, most people are vulnerable to Stereotype Threat if they encounter a situation in which the stereotype is relevant.
  • Individuals show higher degrees of Stereotype Threat on tasks they wish to perform well on and when they identify strongly with the stereotyped group.
  • The opposite of Stereotype Threat is known as Stereotype Enhancement, which entails an individual's potential to confirm a positive stereotype about their social group, and a subsequent increase in performance ability in the related task as compared to their ability prior to their exposure to the stereotype.

• Gender Discrimination

  • Gender discrimination refers to prejudice or discrimination based on gender, as well as conditions that foster stereotypes of gender roles.
  • Sexist mindsets are frequently based on beliefs in traditional stereotypes of gender roles, and is thus built into many societal institutions.
  • Gender stereotypes are widely held beliefs about the characteristics and behavior of women and men.
  • They can also facilitate or impede intellectual performance, such as the stereotype threat that lower women's performance on mathematics tests, due to the stereotype that women have inferior quantitative skills compared to men's, or when the same stereotype leads men to assess their own task ability higher than women performing at the same level.
  • A poster depicting gender stereotypes about women drivers from the 1950s

• Stereotypes in Everyday Life

  • Stereotypes are usually inaccurate in their universal application.
  • In applying a stereotype, one is able to quickly "know" something about an individual.
  • For example, it is a common stereotype that people who wear glasses are smart.
  • Stereotyping can lead to prejudice, or negative perceived judgements about a group of people.
  • Police officers buying donuts and coffee is a popular stereotype of officers in the United States.

• Cultural and Societal Influences on Child Development

  • Children are taught the stereotypes that go along with their particular race(s), as well as the races of others, and these stereotypes can have a strong influence on their development.
  • Stereotypes and racialized expectations often contribute to stereotype threat, in which a child experiences anxiety or concern in a situation that has the potential to confirm a negative stereotype about his or her social group.
  • For example, if an African-American child is given the message that black people are not as "smart" as white people, she may worry if she is not doing well in school because it will, she fears, confirm the negative stereotype.
  • Importantly, stereotype threat has been shown to be something of a self-fulfilling prophecy—not because the negative stereotype is accurate, but because fear of fulfilling that stereotype can lead to additional anxiety, which in turn can reduce performance.
  • For example, stereotype threat can lower the intellectual performance of black students taking the SAT, due to the stereotype that they are less intelligent than other groups, which may cause them to feel additional pressure and anxiety.

• Prejudice

  • This information, however, often is based on stereotypes.
  • Prejudice often begins in the form of a stereotype—that is, a specific belief or assumption about individuals based solely on their membership in a group, regardless of their individual characteristics.
  • Stereotypes become overgeneralized and applied to all members of a group.
  • Whether or not you agree with a stereotype, stereotypes are generally well-known within in a given culture.

• Overcoming Stereotypes

  • Stereotyping is surely one of the most pernicious and troublesome temptations of human thought.
  • When we stereotype, we ignore individual differences and assume that knowing one thing about somebody tells us all we need to know: "When you've seen one Jew, you've seen them all. " "All men are alike!
  • By adding index numbers to our thinking, we can remember that stereotypes and prejudice are based on the demonstrably false assumption that all individuals who share one characteristic also share another one.
  • " I believe, however, that this is not a case of stereotyping.

• How Culture and Society Impact the Elderly

  • Ageism (also spelled "agism") involves stereotyping and discriminating against individuals or groups on the basis of their age.
  • The stereotypes, discrimination, and devaluing of the elderly seen in ageism can have significant effects on the elderly, affecting their self-esteem, emotional well-being, and behavior.
  • After repeatedly hearing the stereotype that older people are useless, older people may begin to feel like dependent, non-contributing members of society.
  • Studies have also specifically shown that when older people hear these stereotypes about their supposed incompetence and uselessness, they perform worse on measures of competence and memory; in effect, these stereotypes become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  • Research has found that people who hold more ageist attitudes or negative age-related stereotypes are more likely to face higher rates of depression as they get older.

• Teachers' Expectations

  • Gender stereotyping within classrooms can also lead to differences in academic achievement and representation for female and male students.
  • Gender stereotyping within classrooms can also lead to differences in academic achievement and representation for female and male students.
  • Research on the stereotype threat has shown that gender stereotypes decrease the mathematical self-esteem of many female students, and that this lack of academic confidence leads to anxiety and poorer performance on math exams.
  • Therefore, these stereotypes can influence student achievement in these areas.
  • Discuss how a teacher's perception influences student performance, in terms of expectations and gender stereotypes

• In-Groups and Out-Groups

  • Thus, out-group stereotypicality judgments are overestimated, supporting the view that out-group stereotypes are over-generalizations In an experiment testing out-group homogeneity, researchers revealed that people of other races are perceived to look more alike than members of one's own race.
  • Prejudice is similar to stereotype in that a stereotype is a generalization about a group of people in which identical characteristics are assigned to virtually all members of the group, regardless of actual variation among the members.
  • Prejudice is similar to stereotype in that a stereotype is a generalization about a group of people in which identical characteristics are assigned to virtually all members of the group, regardless of actual variation among the members.

• Gender Socialization

  • Children in preschool classrooms where teachers were told to emphasize gender differences saw an increase in stereotyped views of what activities are appropriate for boys or girls, while children with teachers who did not emphasize gender showed no increase in stereotyped views.
  • Research has found that adolescents encounter stereotypes of gendered performance in the workforce in their first jobs.
  • Analyze how the process of gender socialization has an impact on the lifespan development of a person, specifically related to stereotypes between men and women