What Psychological 'tools' would you use; implicit memory, rewards/punishments, types of persuasion, normative/information influence, or something else? What stereotype did you pick? Why? Please write about the stereotype that you chose and why you chose it as an example for this question.
Stereotypes: We know that it can be difficult, at times, to recognize, and if necessary, deconstruct our own biases and ideas about things because they are so ingrained in our thinking and often implicit, we don’t know we have them. We also know that our attitudes, our beliefs, our groups, our identities are all defining features of us and that we may not want to change them. We tend to be open to persuasion (systematic and heuristic) when there is a wanting to be open to it. Or if it fills a void or provides an explanation that we think makes sense. Why adapt to a shifting perspective if you are perfectly happy with your current one (e.g. cats carry diseases)?
We know that in some instances, the way that we categorize or think about ourselves and others can be harmful. This harm can be manifested as stereotype threat, depression, anxiety, anger, fear, sense of loss, social injustices, feelings of no control, hate, frustration, lack of empathy, isolation, lack of wanting to understand, feeling like you are not heard, discrimination and more.
Knowing what you know about how we form stereotypes; how would you break them down? How to learn to deconstruct or breakdown a common stereotype (e.g. boys are better at math than girls) or a stereotype that impacts people directly.
What Psychological 'tools' would you use; implicit memory, rewards/punishments, types of persuasion, normative/information influence, or something else? What stereotype did you pick? Why? Please write about the stereotype that you chose and why you chose it as an example for this question.
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