Stereotypes

Examples of visible cues

Nationality, race, gender, hair color, glasses

Defintion of stereotype

A simplified mental representation that provides us with a tempalte

Definitions of blatant stereotyping

Conscious stereotyping, it efforts as an individual is actively applying stereotypes, often leads to prejudice, discrimination, and dehumanization

Definition do spotlight stereotyping

If a member of a stereotype group is aware of that stereotype it can have a direct negative impact on behaviour

Why stereotypes form

Make the world an easier place to navigate, allow quick decisions about an individual to be made, promotes survival

Can stereotypes change

Stereotypes can change if individual changes their perspective/knowledge of that group

What is the prototype theory

Stereotypes provide us with pro types or examples of a person from a group

Definition of Stereotyping

The categorisation of a person or group of people based on there visible cues

How do stereotypes form

Through social learning of gatekeepers, through direct and indirect experience, through SIT and SCT

Definition if subtle stereotyping

Unconscious and automatic, May become aware that you are stereotyping but it happens automatically

How do stereotypes homogenize groups

We look at members if groups as a containing the same attitudes, appearances, beliefs, and norms

What do Snyder and Swan (1974) say about stereotypes

When we encounter someone and are looking to to categorize them we use conformation bias