PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Chinese Fire Drill, Going Dutch, In-Group Favoritism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Psych 2310 stereotypes november 14, 2013. Well known stereotypes (positive and negative: barbarian. A person living outside; a person not living in a christian country: chinese fire drill. A state of chaotic; disorder: dutch treat. When each person pays his or her own expense: excuse my french. Links the french language with negative language: get you irish up. To become angry or outraged: indian giver. When someone gives a gift, then takes it back: most stereotypes are objectionable because. Ones ethnic group is the norm and anything outside that group is abnormal. The implication that perceived differences are inborn and unalterable. Stereotype: lippmann, a political journalist described stereotype as the pictures in our heads . How do stereotypes form: social categorization. Grouping people on the basis of gender, ethnicity, and other attributes. Is stereotype inevitable: stereotype as automatic process. Motivation and devoting cognitive resources could lead to suppression of stereotypes.