'Stereotypes: An Interview\r'

'The new(prenominal) day I had a discussion with my roommate about the social psychological idea of stereotyping. I found it interesting how much I matte up like she was contradicting herself. But in my opinion, I do not find it surprising that she did, because I olfactory perception like most people at the indicate in our lives (college students) do try and not evaluate people, notwithstanding do eitherway. When I asked how guilty she mat up she was about stereotyping people, she say it depends on what she s stereotyping, but she does not sprightliness like she does it too much.\r\nShe as swell up said she does not feel like she belongs in a particular social group and she overly feels like there ar riddances in round stereotypic groups. For example, if there were a group of low-spirited guys standing on the street, many people would automatically assume that they were up to no broad(a). But my roommate feels like if she saw this group with one of the guys atti red nicely, she could point him out as one exception the one who would probably not be doing any harm.\r\nWhen I asked if she treats people differently right off because of how she has evaluated them, she answered that she does not treat them differently and that she tries not to pre pass judgment at all. How perpetually, she does pick out a stereotypical group for a stranger before she meets them, a lot of times, and they do normally end up being what she expects. This proves the theory of the self- fulfilling prophecy to be correct. Whereas somewhat people still tend to put some people they do know as well as strangers into stereotypical groups, my roommate does not.\r\nShe said in one case she gets to know someone, on the acquaintance level, she does not sort them as much and does not really feel that they belong to a certain groups such as the preps or the jocks. And she also feels that getting to know the soulfulness does have an effect on how she feels because the more I get to know them, the less I stereotype them. When I asked if she thought any groups should have a higher self esteem because of what group they bet to be placed with (i. e. snobs or nerds ), she said no, as long as each person is doing everything they sewer do to keep their lives running well.\r\nOn the yield of sex she feels that there are extreme stereotypes between men and women. I feel it has gone pull down over the years, but it definitely still exists; it could be improved; and women are degraded. She really believes there should be equality in every aspect of disembodied spirit between the sexes. However, she sees one stereotype about women that she bunghole agree with is that women are a lot easier to blabber to, and are more open-minded and liberal than men. On the topic of race, she feels as though all races judge and stereotype each other such as whites thinking all blacks are on welfare.\r\nShe said in the case of race, she agrees with some of the stereotypes, b ut yet because she feels that they are based on facts and evidence. Such as, a larger percentage of whites have jobs and less whites are on welfare than other races. But notwithstanding all this, she does not overall agree with stereotyping races. In conclusion, when I asked if she thinks the activity of stereotyping will ever end, she said, No, I don t believe stereotyping will ever entirely end. She also said that people should deposit an effort to see past all stereotypes, good or bad.\r\n'