Stereotyping Perpetuates Racism Stereotype is defined by Merriam-Webster as “something conforming to a fixed or general pattern; especially: a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment” (Merriam-Webster, 2017). The sociological definition is “an oversimplified, generally over-exaggerated belief that all members of a certain group act and think in the same fashion“ (Publishing
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hy do people fulfill their own stereotype that drags down their performance. A stereotype is when someone sees another person in a particular way but know how that person is really like. For example, people see that whites and asian are smarter than hispanics and blacks. Another example of a stereotype is when people say that women are the ones who stay home to cook and clean and that men are the ones who go to work. A time when I felt that I was stereotyped was in middle school when people saw
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The Milgram Experiment proved that people tend to obey and take orders from an authority figure – even if it means killing an innocent human being. As the participant goes higher in the amount of voltage they should administer, they would always turn to the scientist (the authority figure dressed in a lab coat) and ask if they should continue. As always, the scientist would tell them that it is “required for them to continue the experiment.” Even though the subject’s morality and their conscious
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The Lord of the Flies and “Milgram Experiment” The lost boys in The Lord of the Flies have many similarities with the test subjects of the “Milgram Experiment”. The boys will listen to whoever the strongest leader is and obey them no matter what, and the subjects in the “Milgram Experiment” do the same. Obedience is focused on power and respect and many people, fictional or real, will listen to the strongest ruler due to their influence over them.The Lord of the Flies and the Obedience to Authority
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Third Paper: Analysis Obedience and disobedience to the authority has always been a favorite topic of psychologists and researchers. Stanley Milgram’s experiments shows that people are more often to submit themselves toward authority as compared to the people who disobey. According to Milgram, the pillars or support of the society is being threatened by disobedience. On the contrary, Erich Fromm rejects the theory of “obedience is a virtue and that disobedience is a vice”(621). Human history has
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Everyday, people conform to social norms in order to be accepted into a certain group or society. Although everyone conforms to social standards, not everyone realizes that they do. However, one might register this social conformity if they simply ask themselves the question, “why do I act the way I do?”. For example, when teenagers are surrounded by their peers, they might find it acceptable to drink alcohol and use profanity. On the other hand, when in a school setting, teenagers would not find
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Step 1: Venting • Mediator: Hi Sally, how are you? • Sally: Not good at all • Mediator: Can you tell me why is that • Sally: I cannot work with Brandon! • Mediator: You sound frustrated, can you explain more • Sally: Well, Brandon uses such vulgar language at work, and he is always taking advantage of me • Mediator: Can you give me an example of that? • Sally: He always ask for my help, but then takes all the credit Step 2: Clarify • Mediator: What I am hearing is that you are disturbed by Brandon’s
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Someone is scrolling through Instagram and stops on a picture. The picture is of a girl, wearing a jean jacket. The person then feels the need to get a jean jacket; this is a social influence. Through studies and experiments, we can conclude whether or not social influence is bad. Why do we as a society feel the need to be accepted and/or ‘fit in’? In an experiment documented by Sasha Alo, a man walks onto an elevator and faces the doors, while everyone else faces the back. The man then proceeds
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Reflecting on the Tannen (2001) statement that we will see the world in patterns or groups I think it would be the natural instinct to categorize the stereotypes. From experience, you learn the type of individual you find it comfortable to associate with and tend to seek out those that fit a specific type. As one that works in the corporate world with past college and professional training, I tend to avoid the loud construction worker that works in a trade association. In doing so, I recognize
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the correlation between the level of belief in right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), social dominance orientation (SDO), the condoning of antigay acts, and the type of reasoning behind it in both religious and secular contexts. Although one’s adherence to RWA and SDO are reliable predictors of prejudice, little research has been done connecting them to the framing of antigay acts (Poteat, Horn, and Armstrong 2017). Social dominance orientation “builds on the notion that hierarchies exist in society wherein
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