What is stereotype threat?
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It is a cliched commonplace threat, that one can almost anticipate in advance - from a certain type of person, in a certain kind of situation !\nIt is simply a conventional or 'formulaic' threat - which that person actually does NOT mean to carry out !
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They're not very accurate for describing an individual person...but it's hard to avoid them! Here's an example of the latest stereotype: Some airlines (QANTAS & Air New Zealand, for example) stereotype ALL adult males as child molesters and will not allow an adult male to sit next to an unaccompanied minor on one of their airplanes. I'm not kidding!
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Stereotyping is when you form a fixed idea or image of a group of people, then you assume that everyone in the group will behave or be the same (while you may only meet only one person or a few people from the group).\n\nDiscrimination is somewhat similar to Stereotyping, but this one is more like a comparison between/ among groups. Then one group will be treated differently from another.\n\nTo me, stereotyping is just a whole idea of a group of people, for example, when we think of a person from a country, we will think of how 'people' from that country is like. Can be bad and good, but no comparison (I think). And it is more on culture, tradition and beliefs that people in a country have followed, so that others know that these are unique to whom.\n\nOr it can be a famous school/ college. Students in a famous school is stereotyped as a smart person no matter how really smart he/she is.\n\nFor discrimination, we see often. In some countries, people discriminate against women but in favour of men. Or racial discrimination.\n\nI think this is it... but perhaps you can also check more on the Internet.. There should be the info somewhere..\n\nLink below may help :)
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goth is a stereotype of people who hate the world and wear black and listen to marilyn manson...blah blah blah...but i dont believe in stereotypes so you can just disregard this whole answer.
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Well, it makes people view a group in only one way. The group is encouraged to act this way, rather than to achieve their own goals, etc. A great example is the stereotyping of blacks in the south. Most of them live down to the stereotype and it's sad. I lived in Alabama for a while and was horrified by it. That has a lot to do with why I left. They also treated women stereotypically, and it was difficult to get any respect, let alone a job that was free of sexual harassment and bible thumping.
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Stereotypes are considered to be a group concept, held by one social group about another. They are often used in a negative or prejudicial sense and are frequently used to justify certain discriminatory behaviours. More benignly, they may express sometimes-accurate folk wisdom about social reality.\n\nOften a stereotype is a negative caricature or inversion of some positive characteristic possessed by members of a group, exaggerated to the point where it becomes repulsive or ridiculous.\n\nStereotype production is based on:\n\nSimplification \nExaggeration or distortion \nGeneralization \nPresentation of cultural attributes as being 'natural'. \n\nStereotypes are seen by many as undesirable beliefs which can be changed through education and/or familiarization. However, stereotypes need not be confined to negative characterizations about individuals or groups, and can thus have positive characterizations.\n\nThere are also genuinely positive stereotypes about groups. Some groups have, as a deliberate political strategy, tried to evolve new genuine positive stereotypes for themselves.\n\nSome common stereotypes:\nThe miserly Jewish person\nThe effeminate homosexual\nThe hillbilly redneck
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Argggh......there is this thing called stereotyping....eh??\n\nDon't worry, people assume I'm a dumb blonde. We just have to show them who we really are and be patient with their little narrow minds. :)
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People like to put other people into groups, stereotyping, its makes them feel more comfortable if they think they understand the person and can expect a certain behaviour from them because they have grouped them into an area they think they belong. This assuming is not good and unfair, just because a person looks a certain way does not mean they should be classified.\nIts easier to form a negative opinion of someone than a positve one, if you think about it, we want proof that a person is a good guy but we are happy to think he is a bad guy based on well, nothing.\nI work in the community services field and we are not allowed to stereotype but even I find it difficult not to.\nI have to remind myself all the time " don't make assumptions"
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'Stereotype' is when you take a common group known for a particular characteristic, and labelling all that fall into that group as being the same.\ne.g.  'All men are pigs' is stereotyping men. Just because a lot of guys are pigs doesn't make all of them pigs.\n\nA 'double standard' is a situation where what is good for one group does not seem as good for another group.\ne.g.  When guys sleep around (idiot guys) they are considered studs(by other idiot guys) but when women sleep around, they are considered sluts(again by idiot guys)... but this is what would be considered a double standard.\nWhat's good for the guys is not good for the girls.
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Stereotype. Sometimes, what we think and see is not what it really is.
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I do my best not to stereotype people and I have gotten pretty good at it, but I was guilty of it in the past for sure.  Most of the time my stereotyping is not racial or religious or based on hair color though.  It is more based on social cliques and behaviors and I really do try my hardest to avoid it.
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people will always have stereotypes...especially about people that they are jealous of or secretly admire...dont even worry about petty stuff like that though...youll just end up hurting yourself for no good reason...\n\nbesides...\n\ncheerleaders rule =)
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Isn't it awful?  We could be accused of stereotyping and tarring people with the same brush, but it is very difficult not to feel intimidated when faced with these youngsters.  They appear to hunt in packs and it's just downright scary!
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xenophobic\n\nWhy don't you try looking in a dictionary?
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Stereotypes can be formed based on data and research regarding certain patterns of behavior typical for a certain segment of the market.  I imagine it's usually less about "changing the consumer to fit your stereotype" and more "changing your product/service to meet your consumer's need." I have more concern with the marketing changing consumer's perceived needs than with formulating "stereotypes" or segments of consumers and shaping products or services to meet that targeted group.
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Stereotyping and racism are two different things.  You don't have to be a racist in order to stereotype.  Stereotyping isn't only a negative idea, it can also focus on the positive.  Basically, stereotyping is usually a simple idea, concept, or image and holding that to a particular group of people.  So yes, your statements could fall into a stereotype, even though it is positive, since you don't know if your statements are factual.  Even though you said "most" and "usually", you have not met every single black or Asian person in the world to know if what you're saying is actually true.  Therefore, you hold a certain group of people to an idea/concept/image of yours...and voila!  A stereotype.  That's not necessarily a bad thing as long as you don't start crossing over to the negative.  Everyone at some point in their lives has stereotyped something, whether it be a living or nonliving thing.
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Just as you state that some stereotypes are accurate there are just as many, if not more, that are inaccurate. In other words, there is no validity to a stereotyping and it breeds on ignorance.