Lecture 3 - Stereotypes and Stereotype Threat

What is the nature of stereotypes?

What are stereotypes determined by?

What are stereotypes by-products of?

What are the 3 basic principles that make up our stereotypes?

1. Stereotypes contain ambivalent beliefs that reflect people’s relationships between groups

2. Stereotypes modify our perceptions of negative and extreme behaviour

3. Stereotypes maintain divisions between in-groups and out-groups

Explain the table that makes up the stereotype content model.

Explain an experiment about how context can shape our stereotypes.

Explain the cultural differences in income equality regarding peaceful vs. conflict filled countries and western vs. eastern countries.

Explain how stereotypes can modify our perceptions of negative and extreme behaviour.

With the illusory correlations example, when you see the negative behaviour of a person of colour shoplifting, you automatically think that all/most people of colour are shoplifters. This is because your stereotyped view that people of colour are criminals modified your perception of the negative behaviour of the person (who happened to be of colour) and made you extremify this act from one person onto the entire group.

Explain how our stereotypes can maintain divisions between in-groups and out-groups.

For stereotype threat, when you are aware of the stereotype it can undermine your performance and make you ‘fulfil’ said stereotype—which further perpetuates the stereotype—which maintains in-group vs. out-group division.

Explain the different structures of our stereotypes.

Explain why our stereotypes develop.

How do we form our categories?

What perpetuates our stereotypes?

What is the purpose of stereotypes?

Define stereotype threat.

Explain a study about Stereotype Threat.

Explain how identity salience can affect the impacts of stereotype threat on people.

What are the different sources of stereotype threat?

What are the mechanisms of stereotype threat?

Explain how extra pressure can be a mechanism for stereotype threat.

Explain how self-integrity and belonging can be a mechanism for stereotype threat.

Explain how stereotype priming is a mechanism for stereotype threat.

What are the consequences of stereotype threat?

Explain how we can overcome stereotype threat.