JMC 1100 Chapter 10: Chapter 10 The Effects of Media Stereotypes
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The thoughts and expectations you have for a specific person are guided by a general set of expectations that you might have for people who hold the same role as the specific person you"re thinking about. Ex: a person thinking that a male is more likely than a female to become an attorney. A thought that can be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things; They may or may not be represented by accurate data. Ex: males may be statistically more likely to become an attorneys, but it isn"t ethical to enforce, preventing women to pursue law school. General statistical conclusions based on the findings of a large number of individual studies. Examines the development of jointly constructed understandings of the world; understanding, significance, and meaning are in coordination with other human beings, not the individual themselves.