Stereotyping Research Paper

Stereotypes, meaning an image or an idea of a group of people based on their race, culture, or ethnic, are never good to settle with when meeting someone for the first time. It can be either racial, gender, or even sexual comments. Stereotyping should not be confused with generalization, a term that makes a general statement which can’t be true all of the time. Stereotyping includes many different things along with its impact on people. Stereotypes can also lead to prejudice, which is more like a feeling of an unacceptable opinion due to not putting enough though to it. Usually, stereotypes are formed by categorization, expectations, making inferences and by illusory correlation. According to Craig McGarty, Vincent Y. Yzerbyt, and Russell Spears, in their book Stereotypes as Explanations, “Social, cultural and cognitive factors in stereotype formation,” explain that stereotypes can be “aids to explanation, energy-saving devices, and shared …show more content…
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