what is a stereotype ?

Question

Very seriously asking.
When i land in new york. I basically get this automatically. It is perception agreed. Can you change it ? (711, etc)

Answer 1

It's a pre-conceived idea that you have about someone based solely on something that you know about them - e.g., race, sexual orientation, sex, etc.

Answer 2

let me try to answer this in as lay terms as possible. Let me give you a scenerio and ask you to think about it for a moment.

One day you see a young beautiful girl with a old balding man holding hands and looking like as if they are very close. What comes to your mind besides "that lucky bald fellow??"

If i hypothesize correctly you would probably think that that gal is either a gold digger, prostitute or social escort. Now that is a stereotype based on your perception on the wider category of such cases that come to your mind. Because you can recall and have this image in your head about such women you will categorise this lady in the scenerio as one of them.

So you can see how dangerous can this stereotype can be. It means that if you do not know anything about that person but if he belong to a certain race, social groop or community, you would characterise him with traits found in the group he belongs to. For example, in this recent spates of terrorism, if you now see someone from the Islam community you would tend to attach to him those negative traits of these terrroists.

So be careful when evalauting people. Constantly test to see if you are stereotyping and look for other evidence.

Answer 3

A conventional or formulaic conception or image.... like your advatar has a cowboy hate so if i believe ind stereo typing i would say you are a country boy that rides horses chews tobacco and can square dance lol... but i dont believe in that every one is an individual no two ppl are alike not even twins...

Answer 4

A simplified, generalized way of grouping or characterizing people based upon something like education, class, money, skin color, sex, religion etc.
It's applying the traits of one or a few people of a particular group or type to ALL members of this group or type. It's a quick and easy way for the mind to assimilate and understand people and things, or to orgnaize information, but a very inaccurate reflection of the true variety amongst people of all groups and types. (imo)

Answer 5

"All cowboys wear cowboy hats, chew tobacco, talk with a drawl, drive pickup trucks and live in trailer parks where they beat their wives." This is an example of stereotyping. It is the automatic assumption that EVERY cowboy does the pre-mentioned things.

Answer 6

1. A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
2. One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
3. Printing. A metal printing plate cast from a matrix molded from a raised printing surface, such as type.

Answer 7

An oversimplified image or type; a generalization.

Examples:

The stereotype of New Yorkers is that they are loud and rude.

Some people stereotype Arabs; they think all Arabs are crazy terrorists.

Not all Irish people are drunks; that is just a stereotype.

Answer 8

All cowboys wear funny looking hats.
All white people are rednecks.
All jews are rich..

Those are all stereotypes. It's generalizing a whole class of people by saying one thing about all of them.

Answer 9

Someone who follows the social norm of what is expected of them

Like people think all black people steal - so a black person who steals

People think all Hispanics women are maids - a hispanic maid

and so on...

Answer 10

Some One Who Labels People, and thinks they know how every one is , and has to put everyone in their own group