Mackie, David L Hamilton, Joshua Susskind, and Francine Rosselli states that stereotyping can occur by correspondence bias, a habit of making an assumption about someone’s traits based on their behavior. Correspondence bias does not become known until the child is 7 or 8 years old, but they do not view it as stereotypes or use that information to categorize them. (49) Correspondence bias plays a role in stereotyping since we make an assumption based on people’s behaviors can be very stereotypical. For example, when a couple is having a nice dinner and the waitress comes with the bill, usually, the man will pay for both of their meals. The waitress then will think that the man is a courteous and honorable man for paying, due to his actions. But in reality, we do not know if he is actually a courteous or honorable man. Because of his actions, he can be considered a gentleman. This is what we called correspondence bias, which can lead to
Mackie, David L Hamilton, Joshua Susskind, and Francine Rosselli states that stereotyping can occur by correspondence bias, a habit of making an assumption about someone’s traits based on their behavior. Correspondence bias does not become known until the child is 7 or 8 years old, but they do not view it as stereotypes or use that information to categorize them. (49) Correspondence bias plays a role in stereotyping since we make an assumption based on people’s behaviors can be very stereotypical. For example, when a couple is having a nice dinner and the waitress comes with the bill, usually, the man will pay for both of their meals. The waitress then will think that the man is a courteous and honorable man for paying, due to his actions. But in reality, we do not know if he is actually a courteous or honorable man. Because of his actions, he can be considered a gentleman. This is what we called correspondence bias, which can lead to