stereotypes

Question 1

stereotypes

Answer 1

an overly simplifies and generally fizzed perception about a group of people

Question 2

prejudice

Answer 2

judgments about an individuals with the little information about them, except for group membership

Question 3

discrimination

Answer 3

behaviors based on stereotypes and prejudice

Question 4

why we develop stereotypes

Answer 4

• schemas
• system 1 thinking
• realistic group conflict theory: groups compere for scare resources, which leads to competition and negative inter group attitudes

Question 5

how stereotypes are formed

Answer 5

• social identity theory
• self catigorization theory: individuals who want to start to behave in similar was to other in group members

Question 6

illusory correlations

Answer 6

human tendancy to see a relationship between unrelated variables

Question 7

steele and aronson (1995) true experiment

Answer 7

• to see how stereotypes affect test performance in afroamericanos
• 114 black and white undergraduates took a verbal test under different conditions. the diagnostic condition stated “ro determine your verbal abilities and limitations” and the non diagnostic condition “to understand the psychological factores involved in solving verbal problems”
• african americans preformed worse than their whites counterparts in the diagnostic condition, while their performance equaled the white participants in the control. a second study was performed. showing that activating stereotype threat (by stating their race) decreased the performance of black participants
• awareness of a negative stereotype leads to spotlight anxiety, that may decrease performance

Question 8

stereotype threat

Answer 8

risk of confirming a negative stereotype about ones group. leads to undermined performance

Question 9

stereotype promise

Answer 9

positive stereotypes may increase an individuals performance on so,e tasks

Question 10

lee and zhou (2015) interview

Answer 10

• to investigate stereotypes related to asian americans academic achievement
• 4800 first generation americans were interviewed
• asian american students were more likely to to be directed towards advanced classes and selective collages. the heightened expectation led to higher achievement. mexican americans were more likely to be affected by the stereotype threat. as they felt they were not taken seriously and were not directed to advanced classes
• the perception of culture in the form of stereotypes influences behavior