What are the positives and negatives about stereotypes?
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Cant say there are many positives if any! But negatives are that people are put into boxes and then repressed so they can not break out of them, causing negative thoughts and feelings in the individual and if they do manage to be noticed as doing things out of character (so everyone else thinks) everyone else gets upset as they expect certain things and reactions.
105209
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.
385862
People adopt stereotypes because they want to make the world as safe and predictable for themselves as they can. You defy stereotypes, so people are shocked by you. You shouldn't let it bother you, though. In fact, you should enjoy it, because you always keep people guessing!:)
990239
General Stereotypes like that...mean you got the issues.  Whatever the group being stereotyped is.\n\nSo to answer your question (because I am now judgemental and un-understanding)  Its because of the way you approach them, just as you did right now.
583805
We all label each other. Sometimes we only do it subconsciously, but we still do it. Stereotyping or generalizing helps us sort out the world around us and process sensory and philosophical input more efficiently. Sometimes our labels get out of hand and become a problem. They almost always get in the way of understanding the world accurately. Unfortunately, without them, we probably couldn't understand the world at all.
699736
Stereotyping can be quite accurate; but then again, it can be completely incorrect and unfair. \n\nIt is basically where you draw conclusions pertaining to a specific group based on behaviors of the majority of that group.\n\nIt isn't necessarily wrong as long as the person always keeps in mind there are exceptions to each case and each individual has rights.
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the good and bad of something
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Why is stereotyping (note spelling) bad?, that's a pretty stereotypical thing for you to say.  j/k\n\nTo be honest, the brain HAS to stereotype, otherwise the simple act of walking into a room would be not only profound, but a huge waste of time.  We categorize things into groups in order to speed up processing (much like a computer would do)  We see a gas oven with a blue flame under one of the burners, we don't touch it to see if its hot, we have (through experience) already learned it will burn us.\n\nI know this may not answer your question exactly the way you wanted it, so instead go watch the movie "Crash"  Stereotyping may be at times completely wrong and narrow minded, but it is also a survival instinct in the proper context.
698598
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"
331974
Pros--we got some good people in good jobs that had been overlooked.\n\nCons--we have some terrible people in jobs just because of their race rather than their qualifications.
433601
Pros: informative, mass communication, educational tool, entertainment.\n\nCons: makes people think that they need to have the latest fashions, newest shoes, makes young girls think that they need to be razor thin to be accepted by our population, reality tv shows.
857147
positives-\nencouraging things that you want and discouraging things you dont want\nsubsidizing good things that arent exoncomically viable\n\nnegatives\nsubsidizing things that arent economically viable\ncorruption\ncreating a war with other industries
773873
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 =)
801285
Hope this helps!!\n\nPros: \n 1.Able to meet more people of different races\n 2.Ability to become more diverse in the realm of learing about \n    different cultures.\n 3.If the person went to predmoinately black schools before, then\n    they would learn more about learning to communicate with \n    whites.\n 4. A taste of the real world and how no matter where your career\n    is, you have to deal with whites one day.\n 5. Learning how cruel people can be and that people in general \n     are very competitive.\n\n\nCons:\n1. Missing the black experience that only happens at black \n    universities.\n2. Missing out on talking to alot of successfull blacks who may \n    work at the college that you could learn from.\n3. Seeing and being around people whom a black person is more\n    able to identify with.\n4. If living on campus, not living with african americans when you\n    need to talk to them if you feel like you've been racially \n    discriminated against.\n5. Being racially discriminated against and feeling like your all\n    alone or that no one belives you because the professor who\n    discriminated against you has been teaching at that college\n    since it first opened.
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Area of inhabitance. Career. Financial Income. Car. Clothes. Education. And of course as for the pre-conceived notions....stereotypes:\n\nPlumber....working class\nDoctor/Lawyer.....middle class\n\n\nAll that stuff.
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Being an optimist is great.  The world is a much better place, you arent miserable because the world sucks AND people like to hang around you because you're not depressive...\n\nThe two cons i can think of is that you're a prime target for scams, and you get much more disappointed when something does go bad because you had higher hopes.
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Pros:\n\nYou discover that all humans, regardless of race, have the same wants and fears in life, to love and be love in return, success, integrity, acceptance and to be appreciated.  You learn although we have cultrual differences we are the same.  You soon forget when looking at your mate that they are of a different skin tone.  You just see the person you love.