PSYC 3480 Lecture Notes - Susan Fiske, Eocene, Stereotype Threat
4 Feb 2013
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Stereotypes can either be obvious or not so much. Stereotypes= beliefs and assumptions that we associate with a certain group of people. It is our thoughts about a specific social group. Gender stereotypes= beliefs we associate with females only and men only. Prejudice= emotional reaction or attitude toward a specific group of people. (negative attitude) Discrimination= biased treatment to a group of people. Gender bias= gender stereotypes, gender prejudice and gender discrimination. Before the 1960s there was not a lot of information on women"s history and the reason why they are missing so much in history is because women were confined to home and family. Only now have feminist historians found more info about women. They discovered in the 16th cent women artists: lavina fontana- portrait painter, artemesia gentileschi- active artist. It has been believed that women are inferior to men and there purpose in life is to serve men.
