Emotional Stereotypes

In “Living Alone is The New Norm”, loneliness shares no correlation with living alone due to the quality of social interactions. As Lucius Annaeus Seneca once said, “It is quality rather than quantity that matters”. According to the TIME article titled, “Living Alone is The New Norm”, “Reams of published research show that it’s the quality, not the quantity, of social interactions that best predicts loneliness,” (Klinenberg 1). Although there is no real or tangible definition of loneliness, researchers have concluded that loneliness revolves around social interactions.

It has always been assumed that races have a certain look; a person can always tell what a person is by their mannerisms, their speech and the overall way they carried themselves even if they looked a certain way. However, this is mainly due to stereotypes that have long plagued our society and what one “expects” someone to look like just based on the negative connotations that are associated with skin complexion. When we read certain literature, the description of the character is the first thing that we look for as it is a way for us to somewhat bond with the character and attempt to see the story through their eyes. Toni Morrison’s Recitatif explores how the author describes each character not expressing their race leaving a bit of mysery to the reader and attempts to breaks down the stereotypes that exist for each race. Through a literary analysis, the reader is able to see those stereotypical assumptions about the color of one’s skin and how they should cease to exist in any world whether it is literal or figurative.

Stereotypes concerning race and gender should not be as prominent as they are today. People of today’s generation should not discriminate against those who are born with certain genetic traits such as race, gender, and disabilities, considering how long it has been since topics like these have been settled by the United States government. All of these topics are deeply rooted in American history and have been discriminated against for many years. As shown in real life and in Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif”, stereotyping can have a lasting negative impact on the way people feel about themselves and their capabilities. In Recitatif, there are two characters, both who are different from each which is a key aspect in the story considering that

African–Americans are 63% of people that make up prisons for drug charges. Constant bigotry is the pattern and animosity that is inside our minds and are working outside of our conscious knowing. There is a common stereotype that associates minorities, mostly African-American people, with crime. 72% of people follow this stereotype, but it’s common in our life so we are attentive of it. “Our unconsciousness Is not good at distinguishing between associations that we approve of and those we don’t, so merely having the two concepts (Black and crime) associated in our memories causes one to be automatically activated in our thoughts when the other is presented.” (Harris)

Have you ever walk into a room where everyone is in a bad mood? What would be your reaction? I can say from personal experience that I would be in a bad mood as well. Emotional contagion is defined as the fact that we pick up the moods and attitudes of other people around us. Although, people don’t usually act the same as those around them, moods of the surrounding people can be contagious. Facial feedback theory explains that facial expressions provide feedback to the brain. In other ways, if you convey a happy expression it would send signals to your brain and it would actually make you feel happier, the same goes if you have a sad facial expression. Both theories are pretty similar in the sense that the environment around us can have an

People in our society from all around the world have a wonderful gift of being able to understand each other’s feelings at a personal level. Empathy can be described in many different ways, but is hard to put into words what it all entails. Understanding how a person feels is just the surface of empathy. Empathy varies from person to person, and each person may describe it differently. Without a doubt, empathy is a vital part of society and it is important for people to be educated and truly understand and practice acting in empathetic ways. It takes personal experiences, research studies, and spiritual beliefs for empathy to be properly described.

Perception is a key component of human interaction. According to Dictionary.com, the definition of perception is “an immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic qualities of others.” In the business world, my co-workers would have perceptions about myself. These perceptions; however, could be impacted by stereotypes. Collins Dictionary defines stereotype as “a fixed general image or set of characteristics that a lot of people believe represent a particular type of person or thing.” Perceptions and stereotypes may blend together. Whatever the case, either one effect one’s reputation. In the business world, one’s reputation can create or destroy one’s image, therefore affecting how that person

America is a melting pot as people from different cultures make up a vast part of American society. Nevertheless, without knowing it, humans subconsciously put those around them into different categories based upon how one may act, look or speak. This action is known as stereotyping. Stereotyping has existed for centuries and even in today's modern world. Yet, the question is being raised among people regarding its existence. Despite that most people believe it is wrong to stereotype others, many still firmly hold on to the idea that stereotyping is necessary to a certain degree. Therefore, this paper will suggest not only the danger of stereotype but also the risk of never stereotyping as well, and tell a story about a time when I actually stereotyped a person.

This next character is non-verbal. People can be suspicious because nobody knows what that person is thinking or feeling. As Mulder looks on during this dark and dreary day he notices something in the corner of his eye. Conundrum is covered from head to toe with tattoos shaped like puzzle pieces. He looks like a bear coming out of the water after he catches a fresh salmon. He takes a raw bite of fish, and it’s carnage. There is a puzzling look on Mulders face. Because someone is uncomfortable around people or a little different there showing that theres something wrong with them. We should be afraid of them because of this and uncomfortable. We see in the end that this was a self-made freak, that he could in fact talk and that he was not the

Each of us builds a “picture” on how we feel and look at another person, which in turn outputs an opinion or stereotype. We will call this personal construct in this paper. Personal constructs are specific descriptions of others that people assigns personally from their own experience and knowledge. Similarly Trenholm (2014) defines personal constructs as “characteristics that we habitually notice in others” (p. 47). You know the old saying, “what you don’t know, won’t hurt you”? With personal constructs, if you don’t understand your own constructs it could hurt your ability to communicate with others by being unfair. For me to understand when I’m using personal construct constructively or negatively I must understand what kind of

Today I got a call from the manager of the Summer Hills apartment complex. He called in regards of two suspicious men in the apartments. However, when I arrived the two men were gone. Luckily the manager caught the whole scene on camera so I could get a description of the two and maybe get an idea of what had gone down. As I watched the video I noticed one guy with a tan jacket with a black hood. I could not really tell his skin color because the jacket covered his skin. The second guy in the video was blurred out so I have no description of him.

It is important to take into account the role of gender when considering emotional reactivity. There are many stereotypes surrounding males and females and emotional reactions, with the long standing idea being that women are perhaps more emotional than men, or have stronger reactions to positive or upsetting scenarios, while men would have stronger reactions to anger evoking emotions. In recent years, research has sought to challenge these stereotypes. Hess et al (2000) assessed emotional expressiveness in males and females across hypothetical situations. Participants were asked how they believed men and women would react in said hypothetical situation, followed by being asked how they themselves would react in the same event. Surprisingly,

This week’s readings were not completely surprising as I’ve always been well aware of the stereotypes that most races face. Being a female Hispanic, I have experienced some of these behaviors both at work and out in society. I worked at places that valued men more than women, and at places where I was the only minority in the office. Being in HR, I want to be able to make positive changes in reversing discriminatory behavior and valuing everyone the same. It has often been a challenge to get management on board, which we know from our discussion this week how important this is for a diverse environment to work.

As a little child, your parents annoyed you, ordering you to do this and not that, having to act like this and not like that. Everyday, you just had to stuff the words of your parents nagging and bothersome orders and commands into your head. In addition, television, games, internet, and social media convinced people like you in a quite simple way, by imprinting their idea of what you are supposed to look like, talk like, and how important or useless you were to our society. This captures and defines the form of stereotype.

Hello Maria, you are always on top of things, and I enjoy reading your posts. We seem to think similarly on almost all of the discussions, and this week our posts are almost a mirror image. However, in regard to part C, when you responded to my post you expressed a more positive perception than what I perceive. Although, I mostly agree with you, my thoughts, depending on the circumstances, are slightly more negative.