...Stereotype about Me Melissa Williams Informal Logic Jerry Voltura August 13, 2012 Stereotype about Me “Stereotypes are pictures in our heads about a category of people (Lippman 1922). Stereotypes are positive or negative sets of beliefs held by an individual about the characteristics of group” (Mindiola, Niemann, Rodriguez & Nestor (2002), p. 36). I feel I was stereotype because of the color of my skin. I worked in the banking field that I was asked to go to another branch when that assistant manager went on vacation. I realize when I was there that customer always looking at me and wondered where the other lady was. This branch was located in an area that was prominently white. I was later asked to go permanently down this branch to run it. I did hesitate to take the promotion because of my experience I had down there when I would relieve the other lady. But I decided to take the position. I had one true bad experience when I got there. I had a customer in the drive thru ask my teller if she wanted my job. I was so upset about this because I did not understand what I could have possible done to this customer. I did confront this customer and ever since than I did not have any issue but every time she came through I made sure she knew that I was still in that office. I still had a lot people would go to my assistant but I tried to not let it bother me and then realize my assistant always had to go through me to get something approved. This is an example...
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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 African Americans are criminals | All Mexicans are drug dealers. | All Arabs are Muslims | Sexual Orientation | All Men are more powerful | Women are not allow to be treated as equal as men | Men are better workers than women | Ethnicity | Africans are better at running | Blacks are better at basketball | Hispanics work for lower wages | 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? Stereotypes' are the human's method for quickly ordering men and ladies to evade peril in social order. It' is the fundamental learning with the human personality and has been around provided that we have known the presence of humanity. That is the exclusively useful effect of stereotypes only when it is use for safety. What are the negative aspects of...
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...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-American are good at dancing while Caucasians have no rhythm. | Hispanics are not very fluent with the English language. | Jews are greedy misers who refuse to part with the money they earn. | Sexual-orientation | Gays and Lesbians are not fit to raise a child. | Men who are feminine are gay. | Woman who are masculine are lesbians. | Gender | Woman can’t do as good of a job as a man. | Men are the “backbone.” | Guys are messy and unclean. | 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? The positive aspects of stereotyping can sometimes keep an individual in safety. Stereotyping in the positive aspect could be understood as the way in which people reduce the complexity of the world to a more manageable level. It helps protect our minds from the information overload. For this reason, we resort to simplified assumptions...
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...Misti Webb Com 152- Individual Project 1 Sanford-Brown College-Fenton Natalie Maher October 24, 2001 Nonverbal behavior is sending and receiving messages in a variety of ways without using words. Basically, it serves as a key aspect of communication. 1 James made many mistakes during his meeting with Mr. Croze. James first mistake was his tardiness at their scheduled business meeting. The fact that he showed no empathy or respect for Mr. Croze’s time, would immediately put Mr. Croze on the defensive and would greatly affect any positive outcome regarding this meeting. In addition to the lack of his attention of his tardiness, he walked around Mr. Croze’s desk to shake his hand. This could also be perceived as another sign of disrespect. James should have reached across Mr. Croze’s desk to extend his hand. Secondly, crossing your arms and legs might seem defiant or annoyed to someone. Mr. Croze would probably feel James was irritated or defensive. I believe the tone and speed in which James spoke to Mr. Croze also was a huge mistake. Usually when someone has a high pitch tone and speaking quickly is a sign of discomfort, irritation and anger. James was the man who was late for the meeting, not Mr. Croze. He showed no respect or remorse for holding up Mr. Croze’s time. 2 Bob Croze also showed many nonverbal signs of communication to Mr. Grunloh. Bob rubbing his knows was a sign of impatience. He was irritated with the tardiness of Mr. Grunloh. Also when...
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...Myths and Stereotypes Transcript Speakers: Narrator, Boy 1, Girl 1, Boy 2, Man, Girl 2, Woman 1, Boy 3, Woman 2, Girl 3, Boy 4, Boy 5 (Music) NARRATOR: While these labels can help a person identify their sexual orientation, there are many myths and stereotypes that go along with these terms. BOY 1: You know you have all of these stereotypes about gay people. You have stereotypes about gay youth that they either commit suicide or they’re off having promiscuous sex. GIRL 1: Every homosexual man is a potential child molester. BOY 2: Like, my straight friends, they’ll see like, gay guys and they’ll be like oh my God, watch out. They’ll try to get in your pants. MAN: There’s a myth that gay adults like myself want to recruit gay youth and that’s just not true. GIRL 2: I was sent to therapy to overcome my phase, the phase that I’m going through. My therapist was really great. She said that my mom should actually get checked in to therapy and I’m not the one to be there. MAN: It can be really detrimental to a youth’s and an adult’s sense of wellbeing you know. That can increase the likelihood of suicidality and can increase the rate of depression, anxiety. That can be really detrimental. WOMAN 1: No, I want to like, broadcast it that there are Christian people, there are Jewish people, there are Muslim people. I – I know a Muslim gay group that people who love their faith, whatever it is, and are completely out. BOY 3: All I know is I I’m faithful and...
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...Stereotypes influence the processing of information, introduce prejudice into the legal system and form impressions of defendants in criminal cases; which may contradict a fair trial (MacLin & Herrera, 2006). They are perceptual representations that are perceived for members of a group and include the evaluation of that particular group e.g. their behavior and attributes (MacLin & Herrera, 2006). Recognising stereotypes and understanding how they create bias, has significant effects in the criminal justice system. It is desired to maximize the amount of correct decisions jurors render, For this reason, stereotyping is important to study in a jury setting. It is also imperative to study defendant gender and crime type, as a relationship between the two may influence jurors’ verdict decisions. Gordon, Bindrim, McNicholas and Walden (1988) conducted a study to determine the effect of defendant race and type of crime on juror verdicts. The independent variable was the type of crime (burglary or embezzlement) and defendant race (black or white), while the dependent variable was the recommended jail sentence. Crime descriptions that varied in crime type and defendant race where given to an equal number of black and white students to assess. Based on this, participants determined the defendant’s jail sentence and bail amount. The severity of the crime and the probability of the defendant repeating the crime were also scaled. The studies hypothesis was supported as the white...
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...woman can’t work the same jobs | | | | |as a man. | |Disability |Disabled people are sick. |Someone with a disability should |Disabled people will not have a | | | |be treated special. |fulfilled life. | 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? There is no positive aspects of stereotypes in any form because judging others by sterotypes is wrong and gives people the wrong ideas about a group of people baised on looks. There is no positives in grouping people all into one category and leaving no room for individuality. What are the negative aspects of stereotypes? There...
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...The first thing people would ask me is why don’t I sound like Apu from the Simpsons and does my mother wear a dot in the middle of her forehead? These comments made me irritated. You can see Indian stereotypes in everyday television show. One of the most popular shows today is The Big Bang Theory where British Indian actor Kunal Nayyar plays Raj Koothrappali. Mimicking some of the Indian stereotyping he nods his head sideways and portrays a thick accent, he also plays a brilliant scientist. Then we have Kal Penn, who plays Kumar in Harold and Kumar, who is being stereotyped as intelligence and his family expects him to become a doctor. Television shows, as such, sterotypes Indians as being only intelligent or having low- income jobs like taxi drivers or owners of curry shops. Although these are some of the typical Indian stereotypes, there are some Indian actors that are have been successful in making the American Screens. Prinkca Choptra, the star of ABCs hit Quantico, plays an FBI...
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...Associate Program Material Racial Diversity in Society Worksheet Part I Complete the following using the MySocLab Social Explorer Map: Income Inequality by Race (located on the student website) as a reference: • Select 1 racial group from the list below: o African American o Asian American o Arab American o Hispanic American/Latino o White/Caucasian • Write a 150- to 300-word summary of the economic, social, and political standings of that group. Use additional resources if necessary, from the University Library or your textbooks. Provide citations for all the sources you use. The white racial group has always been viewed as one of political power, financial weath, high social standing. This is very true for so many white families in the United States. Many white families come from Old Money and have made careers in politics.We have a social class where the wealthy and the most social is at the top of the pyramid. Compared to other races, such as Black and Hispanic, our average yearly income is much higher. White/Caucasians are usually at the top of the economic scale. According to the Income Inequilaity Map, " White Median Income” it is indicating $25,000 to $30,000. The Hispanic income shows less than $15,000. African American population is displaying $20,000 to $25,000." Though this does not reflect all cities in America it has been proven that Whites do earn higher wages than minorities. It is also more likely a White candidate...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix B Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Stereotypes |Unreliable, exaggerated generalizations about all members of a group that do not take individual | | |differences into account. | |Prejudice |A negative attitude, feelings, stereotyped beliefs and a tendency to discriminate against members of| | |a group. | |Labeling theory |A sociological approach introduced by Howard Becker that attempts to explain why certain people are | | |viewed as deviants and other engaging in the same behavior are not. | Part II 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 |Native Americans love to gamble |White people don’t have...
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...John Bell, an advocate in social change by and with young people, expressed, “We must understand a particular condition of youth: that young people are often mistreated and disrespected simply because they are young. Adultism refers to behaviors and attitudes based on the assumption that adults are better than young people, and entitled to act upon young people without their agreement (Understanding Adultism A Key to Developing Positive Youth-Adult Relationships).” Differing cultural, ethnic, gender, class, or religious approaches to these developmental stages can cause complications in the adultism (Understanding Adultism A Key to Developing Positive Youth-Adult Relationships). I want to learn why adults are prejustice; in addition, I want...
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...management degrees. I feel by me showng that I have formal education in this area of study that I will have a competitive advantage when it comes to me advancing into managerial roles at my current or future job prospects. The skills I would hope to obtain is to motivate and lead others. I want to obtain interpersonal communication skills, learn how to negotiate on various topics and intellects. But most of all I want to learn how to communicate, which would help me in my decision making skills; as well as how to keep a positive attitude, think clearly and work as a team member. I believe obtaining an acceptance into the BAS Supervison and Management degree will enhance my my goals, and my career. I have overcome alot of objectives and sterotypes and I am not going to quit now. I believe I have what it takes to takes to succeed. Just like Ghandi stated best, "You have to be the change you want to see in the...
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...er Easy A Easy A is a movie about a nerdy girl, Olive, who is in high school. She only has few friends, and usually lies to them to get out of hanging out with them on the weekends. She has made up so many lies. One weekend she tells her friend she can’t hang out because she is spending the weekend with a college guy. When she returns to school Monday morning, her friend wants Olive to tell her all about her weekend with the college boy. Just when she thinks she is alone with her friend in the bathroom, Olive makes up her own rumor that she “lost her virginity” to get her friend off her back. Little does she know that the most Christian girl in school was using the restroom and overheard this rumor. Although Olive didn’t really lose her virginity, Marianne, the Christian girl tells everyone in school about this rumor and wants everyone to know how bad of a person Olive is for doing this. It just so happens that during the same week this rumor is going on, the students were learning about the book “The Scarlet Letter” in English class. Everyone starts comparing Olive to the girl in the book because of this rumor. One of Olives guy friends comes to her house one day and asks for Olives help. Everyone in the school thinks that he is gay, and he wants to change this perspective while he is in high school so he doesn’t get harassed. He wants to pay Olive to go on a date with him, but she says no. Instead, she wants to “do it big” and have pretend sex with him. ...
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...Diversity is used to refer to many races, religion, gender, disability, and their sexual orientation. Diversity is valued because it gives all indiviuals a chance to recognized how different everyone is from one another. It also giver indivduals a chance to see the difference in peoples attutudes, where they live, and their ways of living 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Is the tendency for an particular individual to believe that a certain culture, race, or religions are more superior than others. Ethrocentrism is also a form of prejudice. Ethorocentrism can be detrimental to society because this is giving people the tendency to assume a judge that race or that religion just off of sterotype and what they’ve heard about that particular culture or race of people 3. Define emigration and immigration. Is the act of leaving a country and relocating to another to move permanenty. Immigration is the act of having citizenship in one country but moving and going to settle and live permanently in another country that is not native to settle there. The result of immigration could have been due to numerous reasons such as living environments, political reasons, or natural disaters. 4. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified? People are usually identified in groups of their race, ethnicity, religions and gender. This is what also make people fall into a minority groups. People are also indentified by the...
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...suggest knowledge.in darknes out there aurthor for her to refer to it in the title of the story and it is both literal darkness and light(the sunshine in which Sandra bwalks,the darkness of the wood) and a methphorical contrast between evil and good. The wood darkness is explicitly mention in the title darknessout there therefore the reader instantly imagines all kind of evil act that might unfold. On one level the darkness in this story could refer to the physical darkness of packers end in addition it cold relate to the fear and terror the wooden area creates in children simply mentioning the name also creates fear. The darkness in this story works on another level it relates to Sandra misperception of people and the wider world her sterotype view of mrs rutter The Darkness Out There’ the setting plays an equally immanent part in creating fear within the story, making it more dramatised and much more interesting to read. The immediate quote “She walked through flowers, the girl, ox-eye daisies and vetch and cowparsley, keeping to the track at the edge of the field.” Is very much position between itself and the title, ‘The Darkness Out There’.The words ‘Ox-eye daisies’ and ‘Vetch’ and ‘Cow parsley’ bring arather pleasant scenery into mind, luring the reader into a false sense of security; these words are not the kind that would usually be used to open a chilling, fear enticing story. These words in no way reflect the...
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