PSYC 3030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stereotype Threat, Ethnocentrism, Circadian Rhythm
1 Feb 2015
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Well-known stereotypes: these stereotypes are perceived in a negative way. Barbarian a person living outside; a person not living in a christian country. Chinese fire drill a state of chaotic; disorder. Dutch treat when each person pays his or her own expense. Excuse my french links the french language with negative language. Get your irish up to become angry or outraged. Indian giver a person who gives a gift and then takes it back: most stereotypes are objectionable because. The implicit ethnocentrism assumption of own ethnicity norm. The implication that perceived difference are inborn and unalterable. Lippman (1922), a political journalist, described stereotype as the pictures in our heads : the actual meaning of stereotype. Grouping people on the basis of gender, ethnicity, and other attributes: consequences of categorical thinking. Is stereotype inevitable: stereotypes are referred to automatic process. Subliminal presentation (devine, 1989: controlling automatic activation. Motivation and devoting cognitive resources could lead to suppression of stereotypes.
