PSYC12H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Bagn, Social Cognition, Pronunciation Of English ⟨A⟩
Document Summary
Lippmann: used the word stereotype to describe the tendency of ppl to thinking os someone. thing in similar terms based on a common feature shared by each. Having similar attirutes: said that we all have pictures in our heads of the world outside. These representations are like templates into which we try to simplify the sometimes confusing info we receive from the world: he was accurate in his speculation about the origin on sterortypes. They tell us wht social info is important to perceive e and to disregard in our environment. The content of sterotyoes is largely determined by the culture which one lives. Lippmann didn"t express any evaluation of the nature of stereotyping: researchers soon began to regard sterotypeing as a very (-), lazy way of perceieivning social groups. It wasa seen as an outward indicator of irrational, nonanalytic cognition. But, researchers bagn to move away from the inclusion of assessments of morality/correctness of the sterotype or the stereotyper: allport.
