2007-06-15 02:30:52 · 9 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Humans have a strong desire to see patterns in everything. I think it is a survival trait.
2007-06-15 02:33:35 · answer #1 · answered by Tina Goody-Two-Shoes 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you know in high school? you have your jocks, nerds, the (popular) girls no one likes, the wannabe guys? well noone really knows why there are these groups its just the way it is, we put a label on people everyday too even if we do not realize it, i mean back to the highschool thing what your labeled means everything, cuz OMG a "popular" girl could never be seen talking to a nerd are you kidding? well once your out of highschool its not soo bad, but its just a mental set people have like "judging a book by its cover" theres too much of it these days. people always thought i was the biggest geek/nerd in highschool, but today i have a good job as a model, and an awesome boyfriend, the most "popular" girl in school works at wal-mart
2007-06-15 09:43:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are so diverse that it makes us feel comfortable to have familiar things. Humans are still pretty tribal. We all want everybody to share the same clothes, attitudes, religion and morals it somehow re-enforces together-ness. Survival may have depended on it at one time.
2007-06-15 09:37:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Labels are mere Opinions, They belong to other people. The only one that counts is your own label you give to yourself. Hope it's a good one.
2007-06-15 09:34:35 · answer #4 · answered by gypsey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two things I know for sure:
We are human beings.
None of us will get out of this world alive.
And everything else can fall somewhere in between night and dawn.......thanks
2007-06-15 13:26:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's a mental concept it's an "or"
2007-06-15 09:46:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's intellectual laziness. One doesn't have to THINK when one places everything in neat, tidy little boxes.
2007-06-15 09:33:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
stereotyping is usually negative.
People like to think of people in groups:
nerds
professors
rapers
cowboys
tree hugger
2007-06-15 16:37:45 · answer #8 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's just the philosophy of life...........you have to lable thing....to get them very easly.........for example.......we refer to number one by 1................instead of refer to it..........."a sheep".....and 2 ......" cow"..................people wont't get even till the 20's and they will start to forget the numbers..............so that exactly how it work..........! think about it!
2007-06-15 09:38:27 · answer #9 · answered by thelordofgold 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋