Stereotyping

Question 1

what does a person schema do?

Answer 1

helps us anticipate the nature of our social interactions with individuals giving us a sense of control and predictability

Question 2

what is our self schema?

Answer 2

cognitive representations about ourselves

Question 3

what is the role schema?

Answer 3

the norms and expected behaviours of specific roles in society

Question 4

what is an event schema?

Answer 4

cognitive scripts

provides basis for anticipating future events and setting goals eg holidays, funerals

Question 5

what is gender schema theory

Answer 5

once children have developed their gender identity they develop associated schemas

Question 6

what three things determines schema use?

Answer 6

vividness
saliency
accessibility

Question 7

stereotypes are a type of…

Answer 7

schema

Question 8

what stereotypes do men and women have?

Answer 8

male: work, science, independant
women: family, arts, cooperative

Question 9

what is a stereotype threat?

Answer 9

being at risk of confirming a negative stereotype about a group you belong to

Question 10

what are 2 positives of stereotyping?

Answer 10

1. allow us to quickly make sense of our social world

2. stereotypes might help us to make quick decisions and judgments about individuals and groups

Question 11

what are 2 negatives of stereotyping?

Answer 11

1. emphasise distinctions between in and out groups

2. may lead to prejudice attitudes and discriminatory behaviour.