PSY345H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Blonde Stereotype, These Kids, Pragmatism
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Old stereotype: gifted child is weak, socially inept, narrow in interests, and emotionally unstable. If you are really smart, you have to pay the price in someway like you aren"t good- looking, or not social. Or, if you are very beautiful, they cannot be smart (i. e. , dumb blonde stereotype): the world isn"t fair some people are gorgeous looking and brilliant musicians or athletes. Most people don"t have any of these skills. There are others who are just in the middle who are good at some things, and not good in others: there is no reason to support this stereotype at all. New stereotype: gifted child is superior in every way intelligence, physique, sociality, etc: just as problematic as the old stereotype, these stereotypes primarily are often depicted in hollywood movies, and what the all. American child is; which features of being boy being the eldest child who has a sibling.
