Relationship Between Cultural Stereotypes And The Self

The journal article used in reference to stereotyping was retrieved from the The Journal of Experimental Psychology. The purpose of this article is to illustrate how being exposed to social stereotypes can subconsciously affect our behavior. The article explores the theory that if the self is compared to the social stereotype of a perceived out-group, a group with which one does not identify, one will subconsciously behave differently. Therefore, there will be disparities between the similarities

(2009). Cultural Stereotypes and the Self: A Closer Examination of Implicit Self-Stereotyping. Basic & Applied Social Psychology, 31(2), 117-127. doi:10.1080/01973530902880340

To many people, both inside and outside of the psychology field, stereotypes are seen as negative overstatements about individuals and groups of people, which may be used to justify discrimination (Allport, 1954/1979). However, there are distinctions to be made between stereotypes and the act of stereotyping. Stereotyping is a natural process that can actually be beneficial. This process has been characterized by different cognitive processes, such as perception and memory, and social theories, like social cognitive theory and self-categorization theory. Stereotypes, on the other hand, are the product of the stereotyping process and are judgements made about individuals or groups. Even though stereotyping is a natural process performed by

This is a paper on stereotypes and stereotype threats.Stereotypes are made about everyone and everything. In Inzlicht and King's (2010)research there is a thing called stereotype threat. Stereotype threat is basically a person fearing they will be judged on their stereotype no matter who they ar(Inzlicht,King,2010). A stereotype is a preconceived notion made about a race,gender,or culture. People unconsciously feed into their stereotype negativity, this is known as stereotype threat. This paper is about stereotype threats and how people feed into them.

The concept of stereotype is defined as “a belief that associates a group of people with certain traits” (Kassin, Fein, & Markus et al., 2008, p. 133), which can influence a person’s thinking process and perception of others as well as the world. Stereotypes are related to other concepts, such as prejudice and discrimination, which strengthen the distortion of people’s reality. Another component of a stereotype includes the concept of outgroup homogeneity effect which is the “tendency to assume that there is greater similarity among members of outgroups than among members of ingroups” (Kassin et al., 2008, p. 135). The concept of outgroup homogeneity effect refers to a misconception of others caused

Research in psychology has revealed that stereotypes, when factual, are an aid to information processing and facilitate accurate judgment and smooth social interaction (1). However, such research has also revealed that, unbeknownst to the perceiver, when the stereotype is invoked it also typically triggers inaccurate beliefs about the social group that ascribes predominantly negative qualities to the group and its members (2).

To a young me, the world was black-and-white. The virtuous will remain good while the immoral will stay wicked, no shade of grey existing. The notion that humans can change their nature was ludicrous. Living in a society where sorting human beings into stereotypes is the norm only served to reinforce that idea. One day, though, the action someone who should stand for justice forced my eyes opened.

Americans have stereotypes and labels placed on Asians and Asian-Americans. This is also true vice versa. Most stereotypes originate from media. In Hollywood, Asians are usually portrayed as the nerdy or geeky friends. They are also mostly casted as minor roles like being extras. Asians are also underrepresented in media, like Hollywood. Even in movies that are of Asian origin, there are very little Asians who are part of the main cast. For example, in Kubo and the Two Strings, there is only one Asian cast member in the movie that places in ancient Japan. There is also the upcoming movie Ghost in the Shell. It is originally written as a manga, which is Japanese comics, and as an anime, a Japanese cartoon. There are Asian actors who could have

The US is home to people of many different ethnicities and backgrounds. I define race as how society portrays humans in categories. For instance, when the US government asks citizens to identify themselves, the options include American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or White*. This causes the media to portray stereotypes which is where society learns from (and associates with) how people of different races look like, thus creating the mould of how certain people should look based on their race.*** Racism in my perspective is seeing each category as unequal therefore treating them unfairly. Because of how strongly society portrays others, I used to portray others in the

The importance of becoming aware of your own biases and stereotypes as prepare for a career in the health care field is that as an individual you become more understanding and open minded towards the general need of a population and the need of others that might have grew up differently. This understanding of the differences and the ability of asking the right questions depending on the interaction will result a better observation when it comes to health care field, especially when it comes to determining a condition or finding a treatment for a patient. For example, as was told on the YouTube video “Overcoming Cultural Stereotypes” that African American men have a dangerous reaction that is similar to a stroke if they take Beta Blockers,

1. I was very surprised how the man treated the woman in the video. My initial reaction when the man asked the woman where her “people” were from, I felt that was very disrespectful. However, I enjoyed how she was able to take when he said and repeat the same thing back to him. It was funny how she took the characteristics of his family background and made him feel uncomfortable. After watching the clip, it made me more aware of the common stereotypes of different cultures. Whenever we see a person who looks Asian, we tend to stereotype them to get a sense of where they are from. Maybe they are from China, Japan, Korea, or another part of the Asian culture. I believe these types of interactions are common. My mom has an accent, sometimes when I am out with her or when a service repair worker comes to our house they ask where she is from. I can admit that I stereotype in my mind when I see a person who looks like they are from a different country. However, I have never vocalized stereotypical thoughts. It is always surprising when an individual proves a stereotype to be wrong.

1. Rather than pay attention to the sales pitch, explore the kinds of social relationships that are the background, setting, and context for the sales pitch. You are looking at an ad that should stimulate you to discuss the ideologies represented in this ad and how those ideologies can be evaluated. The ideologies represented in this commercial are that, country clubs are for older white people; also that loud rap music is for young black people.

The literature often reveals little association between implicit and explicit stereotypes (Dovidio, Kawakami, Johnson & Howard, 1997; Greenwald & Banaji, 1995). This difference can occur because negative implicit responses to groups can happen outside of awareness or because individuals are motivated to deny these responses. Both implicit and explicit measures are both valid assessments, however they reflect different components of the attitude response (Teachman, Brownell, Rawlins & Jeyaram,

When I think about New York I think of happiness. Loud, busy, fast paced, happiness. Being from New York I considered myself and everyone else in my family to be a New Yorker. According to Oxford English Dictionary being a New York refers to a person who was born or lives in New York. I was not born in New York, but I was raised there for a lot of my childhood. Plus all of my sisters and father were born there, and a lot of my extended family still live there. The state of New York has always seemed like a perfect home to me; although, a lot of outsiders do not see it as perfect.

The use of stereotypes is a major way in which we simplify our social world; since they reduce the amount of processing (i.e. thinking) we have to do when we meet a new person. By stereotyping we conclude that a person has a whole variety of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of that group have. “Stereotypes lead to what we social characterization, which is one of the reasons for prejudice attitudes (i.e. “them” and “us” mentality) which leads to in-groups and out-groups” (McLeod). A