...University of Phoenix Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Complete the following exercises, remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased, considerate, and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least three related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Age |No Experience |To old to understand |Not dependable | |Gender |Men like sports more then women |Women are not strong as men |Men are not clean as women | |Race |Not From United Staes |Don’t speak English |Recieveing government assistance | Part II Answer each question in 50 to 100 words related to those stereotypes. Provide citations for all the sources you use. What are the positive aspects of stereotypes, if any? I don’t believe there is a positive aspect to being prejudice, when you make a decision about a person based on other opinion that is bad. Prejudice can cause you to miss out on meet some of life greatest people because...
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...Stereotypes and Prejudice * Stereotypes are beliefs about a certain group of people based on their membership in a particular group or a small sample of these people. Like any time you grouping races or individuals together and make a judgment about them without knowing them is called a stereotype. It can be positive, negative, or neutral. For example, Jeff thinks that vegetarians are healthy and peace-loving. Those are positive stereotypes because they reflect well on the group. On the other hand, he also thinks that vegetarians are pedantic and holier-than-thou, which are negative stereotypes. Eddie thinks that meat eaters are all strong, due to all the protein they eat - that's a positive stereotype. But he also thinks that they don't care about the environment, which is a negative stereotype. Another example, it may be a stereotype that Asian people love to eat rice. So according to this stereotype, if you are Asian, that automatically means that you will unconditionally love to eat rice. This can already show that generalizations made from stereotypes are not the most reliable to base your judgment on. Both positive and negative stereotypes can have a negative effect on a person. For example, one racial stereotype is that Asian students are really good at math. This is a positive stereotype, but it can make an Asian student feel pressure and feel like a failure if he isn't good at math, which is a negative outcome. * Prejudice is a feeling towards a person...
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...Stereotype and prejudice are common situation all over the world. As Ruchlis mentioned in the article "Stereotype, Prejudice, and Discrimination," he gave us the definition of discrimination, stereotype, and prejudice. Stereotypes are usually formed from improper information about a group of people. It’s common that we have stereotype about a group of people that we are not familiar because we cannot master all aspects of areas, languages, and nations in the world. People are influenced by medium, such as newspaper, TV drama, books, and magazines, immerging in flood of incomplete information or biased statistics. We also acquire information from people who have direct experience. Some of our opinions are formed based on other people’s idea. I’m one of people that suffered from stereotype, and also a perpetrator honestly. I come from northeast of mainland China which people has the stereotype of that area. The image of people live in north of China is strong, tall, and loud. However, I followed my father that means I’m shorter in height. From my early young age, I knew my mom worried about my height. She even spoke out. Each time I walked with my cousin, she would compare my height with my cousin’s. That really made me sad. Some warm-hearted acquaintance suggested my mom cooking more food which containing calcium for me and also advise me to play basketball. Those kind suggestions upset me and made me feel shorter in height is inferior to other people. With many years past,...
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...Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises, remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased, considerate, and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Gender |Men are much better workers than |Women are terrible drivers. |Men should never get paid the same| | |women | |as women. | |Ethnicity |Asians are smarter people and very|Mexicans work hard and work cheap |Indians are good taxi drivers | | |good at math | | | |Race |Hispanics only eat rice and beans |Africans are better at sports |All Africans eat fried chicken | Part II Answer each question in 50 to 100 words related to those stereotypes. Provide citations for all the sources you use. ...
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...discrimination occur in American society because of defiant behavior because of one’s self. “From the outset, race, class gender, and age have been cited as variables that contribute to deviant behavior. The prevailing question of the field early on was “Why are people deviant?” (Access, 2008). Discrimination is a big problem in American society today. “Discrimination can be based on age, religion, health, and other indicators; race based discrimination and anti-discrimination laws strive to address this set of social problems. The terms stereo type, prejudice, discrimination, and racism are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation. When you discuss the terms from a sociological perspective, it is important to define them: stereo types are over simplified about groups of people, prejudice refers to thoughts and feelings, while discrimination refers to actions towards them. Racism on the other hand is a type of prejudice that involves set beliefs” (College, 2013). Discrimination is always plastered all over the media for one reason or another. Coaches are always being fired for not being a certain race. These types of stereo types occur because people believe that they deserve an opportunity over someone else because of one of the factors. Discrimination of age with a promotion. Gender discrimination when it comes to a man being better than a woman or vice versa when it comes to duties that a specific gender does. Example: a man would be a mechanic and not a woman....
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...Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises, remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased, considerate, and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Religion |All Muslims are terrorists. |All Christians are close minded |All Jews are greedy | | | |and believe that everyone who | | | | |isn’t a Christian will go to hell.| | |Gender |Girls are not good at sports. |Women cannot do as good of a job |Men are strong and do all of the | | | |as men. |work. | |Race |Hispanics are all illegal aliens. |White people cannot dance. |All Asians are geniuses. | ...
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...Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises, remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased, considerate, and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability Category Stereotype 1 Stereotype 2 Stereotype 3 Race All blacks are poor All blacks are ghetto All Hispanics are illegal Gender Women are responsible for raising the children Women aren’t asstrong as men All men do dirty jobs Religion All Muslims are terrorists All Christians are peaceful All Catholic priests are child-molesters Part II Answer each question in 50 to 100 words related to those stereotypes. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What are the positive aspects of stereotypes, if any? I do not believe that there are really postivie aspects of stereotypes. Most stereotypes are negative but I do believe that people of those cateorgies set out to place positive stereotypes for them but that does not always end in positive aspects. There are so many negative stereoytpes about black men but one would think that the stereotype that all black men are great in sports would be positive. I don’t feel that is a positive stereotype with a positive aspect either because what about the black...
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...three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: Race Ethnicity Religion Gender Sexual orientation Age Disability Category Stereotype 1 Stereotype 2 Stereotype 3 Race African Americans are thugs White people can’t dance Mexican work had Gender pink is for girls women aren’t as strong as men women can’t work the same jobs as men Part II Answer each question in 50 to 100 words related to those stereotypes. Provide citations for all the sources you use. What are the positive aspects of stereotypes, if any? I’m not an advocate for stereotyping. To be honest, I don’t see anything positive that can come from stereotyping. No matter if the stereotyping is good or bad it’s putting someone in a category that the may not belong in. When I hear people say that I sound like a white person I get offended. Why is it that I can’t sound as though I have proper etiquette, why do I have to sound white? Part III Answer each question in 50 to 150 words related to those stereotypes. Provide citations for all the sources you use. Define stereotypes and prejudice. What is the difference between stereotyping and prejudice? Use examples to illustrate the differences. Prejudice: A negative attitude toward an entire category of people, such as a racial or ethnic minority. (Richard T. Schaefer) Stereotypes: Unreliable, exaggerated generalizations about all members of a group that do...
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...how prejudices impact our daily lives our group decided on an experiment that shows stereotypes are real. Stereotypes are formed so that we are able to respond rapidly to situations because we may have had a similar experience before. The disadvantage of this is that it makes us ignore differences between individuals. Therefore, when we experience something bad, we assume that everyone of that ethnicity is the same. Our experiment consisted of ten pictures of random people followed by four questions: what job do you think this person has, would you want to work for this person, what type of family members does this person have (kids, wife, husband, parents), and what is this person’s favorite food. This experiment was totally...
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...For decades Aboriginals have been associated with stereotypes and prejudices claiming they are a culture of violent, lazy and unstructured primitives.However this is a false representation of the cultural group, and will be disproved through given insight to the Aboriginal cultural values, experiences and beliefs. The most common misconception concerning Aborigines is that they are abusive and excessively violent. Although this concept in itself is completely subject to specific individuals, the Aboriginal culture and the underlying rules directly shun any act of needless killing. The text 'Kill to Eat' written by Kath Walker and previously looked at by the class, indicates that this rule was and is "one of the strictest laws of the Aborigine". The short story exemplifies what happens when the rule is broken, there is no excuse for killing for the sake of killing, and resulted in the guilty party having no access to hunting. The strict law derived from the heart of the culture in no way promotes needless violence but on the contrary forbids it. This rule is specific to that of the animals, it is unquestioned that the rule and punishment will be far more weighted had the violence or killing be against of their own kind. Granted that violence among Aborigines was common it would be fair to say that it in no way sprung from their cultural beliefs but very likely from an outside source. The prominent misconception that they are violent and abusive is in no way a representation of...
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...chose to be tested on. My impression was that the test was okay, but like I mentioned before, I would rather have straight questions instead of a keyboard game. Do you agree or disagree with the result? Like I mentioned in the first question, I do not agree with the results. I believe feelings and emotions are better answered through actual questions rather than a five minute keyboard game. Do you think that the results are valid for you? Explain why or why not. I do not think the results are valid for me, because the subject I chose to be tested on I feel very neutral about and the results from the test told me I prefer one over the other. In your opinion, is prejudice easy or difficult to measure accurately? Why? In my opinion I do not think it is easy to measure prejudice because not all prejudice is bad. For example, if someone were to say, “black people can dance”, in my opinion, that’s a compliment. I also think that there is a lot of gray area when it comes to...
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...Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises, remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased, considerate, and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Race |African Americans are all good at |All Asians are good at math. |All Middle Easterns are | | |sports. | |terrorists. | |Religion |All non-Christians are sinners. |All Christians are like the |All Atheists are wrong. | | | |Westboro Baptist Church. | | |Age |He/She is too young to remember |Kids can’t make good discisions. |Senior citizens all drive slow. | | |that. | | | ...
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...Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises, remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased, considerate, and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Race |African men are all criminals |Mexicans all belong to gangs |White men tend to abuse women | |Gender |Men are harder workers |Woman belong in the home |Women do not have the smarts for | | | | |business | |Ethnicity |Africans are better is sports |Asians are smarter |Mexicans are willing to work for | | | | |cheapers rates than others | Part II Answer each question in 50 to 100 words related to those stereotypes. Provide citations for all the sources you use. ...
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...Cultural Perspective of Stereotypes and Prejudices: Stereotypes and Prejudices KP Stereotypes and Prejudices A stereotype can be explained by when a person categorizes another person or a group of people together and making a judgement about them without even knowing them. They are based on beliefs about a person or group’s looks, behaviors, and similarities to their own group, yet different from others There are three different categories people usually stereotype a person by. They are: ● Race - Racial stereotypes can be found for every race and ethnicity. They can be hurtful and may lead to harmful situations. ● Sex - Sexual stereotypes are presumed ideas of how a man or woman will act. ● Gender - Gender stereotypes pertains more to the person or group of people directly. (Example: A woman’s place is in the kitchen or the man is the provider and protector). Stereotypes and prejudices are often confused by people because they are assumed. Prejudices refer more to a personal attitude and feelings towards others. Jews, blacks, women, and gays are the main targets of stereotyping and prejudices. “There are advantages and disadvantages to stereotyping” Mcleod, S.A. (2008). The advantage is that it enables us to respond quickly to situations, whereas, the disadvantage is it makes people ignore the differences in people, says Mcleod (2008) “The use of stereotypes is a major way in which we simplify our social world;...
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...Prejudice, one of humanity’s greatest flaws, is defined as “an unjustified or incorrect attitude (usually negative) towards an individual based solely on the individual’s membership of a social group” (McLeod, “Prejudice and Discrimination” 1). As it is so deeply rooted in both culture and history, it can be expected that some people believe that unfair bias is rooted in one’s mind; however, studies have shown that both the formation and strength of prejudice in children relies on their environment’s words, social norms, and the experience which children go through. Therefore, prejudice cannot be prevented so long as those who raise and surround the next generation remain biased. Since children (up to fourteen years of age) are easily influenced...
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