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Aim: To investigate the extent of sex stereotyping across 30 different countries.
Method: Participants got 300 characteristics and had to sate whether they were more likely to be associated with men, women or both.
Results: Across all 30 countries, females were 'understanding', 'emotional' and 'warm' and males were 'reckless', 'hard-headed' and 'determined'
Conclusion: The findings of this cross-cultural study suggests there are common stereotypes of males and females.
Aim: To find out if new parents stereotyped their babies.
Method: Parents were asked to describe their new babies less than 24 hours after birth.
Results: Boys were described as alert and strong, whereas girls were soft and delicate.
Conclusion: Parents stereotype their children from a young age, even before birth.
-helpful when we need to make snap judgments
-enable us to remember information about others
-enable us to respond appropriately to new people
-enable us to fit in with a group to feel a sense of belonging.
-stop us seeing the real person when first meeting
-most promote harmful images
-make mistakes about people when first meeting
-may be difficult to overcome by children
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