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Can a reputation result in a stereotype? For example, when someone asked why Italians have a stereotype as violent people the response was "After the brutalities of the Roman Empire (who nailed Jesus Christ to the Cross), the deceit and sneakiness of the Venetians doges and Maciavelli, the oppression of Mussolini and the violence and conspiratorial nature of the Mafia, that is the kind of reputation the Italians have earned." That sounds as if history makes stereotypes, or are the two concepts of stereotype and reputation interrealted? 69.143.105.191 (talk) 15:33, 14 May 2013 (UTC)Reply
The difference is simple. A "stereotype" can be the assignment of a singular "reputation" to each individual of a collective body, en-masse, which is typically oversimplified and often incorrect. To say "ancient Rome has a reputation for violence" implies that the singular institution of ancient Rome has a reputation for violence. A simple review of history can prove the statement either true or false. To say "Italians have a reputation of violence" is to say that all Italians have a reputation of violence despite the individual personality of each Italian. The latter statement is a stereotype and can be shown false by giving an example of just one Italian who has no reputation for violence. There is nothing interesting about conflating the concepts of reputation and stereotype.
What is being conflated, however, is syntax and meaning. By saying "Italians have a history of violence" sometimes we may really mean "The former major governments headquartered in or near what is now known as Italy have shown a propensity toward violence", in today's environment one must be careful to be politically correct because the correct assessment of reputation can be perceived as stereotypical if worded incorrectly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.91.77.89 (talk) 12:53, 2 March 2018 (UTC)Reply
I plan on adding new information to the page as a project for my Social Psychology class. My purpose is to better organize the page and provide more cited facts and relevant studies that contribute to the overall importance of stereotype within society.
The sections I plan to edit include:
The Introductory Paragraph - adding a new definition for stereotype as well as an introduction on the differences between prejudice, stereotype, and discrimination. Also will add generalizations about the usage of stereotype.
Social Functions - I have new information to add about in-group and out-group justifications and differences under the social categorization subheading. I find the functions section in general full of unnecessary information that is just confusing to follow, so I may attempt to better organize the section into more relevant features.
Effects - I am going to add another paragraph under the subheading Stereotype Effect in order to cite more experimental research and provide more information on the concept. Also, the discrimination section is very weak and does not embody the importance of its relationship to stereotype, so I may add more information to that as well.
Role in Art and Culture - I believe this section is bringing down the rating due to its lack of citations, so I will attempt to find outside sources that describe the importance of stereotype in this setting. If I am not able to, I believe the section needs to be deleted in order to provide the most accurate justification of stereotype - unless someone else would like to take over this responsibility.
I also have information regarding stereotype susceptibility with research involving children and socioeconomic status, but I am undecided where to place that as of now.
There are grammar mistakes (i.e. first sentence has a comma before the period, socialization is spelled wrong in "socialisation and upbringing", etc) that I will fix. I also would like to reword some of the sentences in order to provide better clarity while keeping the same information as before (i.e. automatic behavioral outcomes section, etc). Dalesska (talk) 23:00, 30 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
The article appears to have been moved to solely deal with racial and behavioural stereotyping.
Where does it talk about "a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing:" (OED)
For example, London can be seen as stereotypically "foggy", or New York as "dangerous at night" - why have these sterotypes not got a mention? Chaosdruid (talk) 16:28, 22 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
I believe that the article comes up short with regard to its discussion of stereotype threats. Stereotype threats, as in when someone perceives him or herself to be stereotyped and thus conforms to the given stereotype, is one topic that I hoped to read more about on the "stereotype" wiki page. This section of the article was well-cited but could have gone into more detail, perhaps, into what types of effects are seen by stereotype threats. The author of the article claims that stereotype threats can "undermine performance in a variety of domains", but the reader is left to imagine what those domains may be. Also, what are the social implications of this undermined performance. In the last sentence of the article, the author lists sports, business, and chess as "arenas" where stereotype threats have been studied, but fails to elaborate further. Perhaps adding to this article should be placed on my to-do list.
-Sean — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seancascarano (talk • contribs) 17:49, 18 February 2014 (UTC)Reply
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do you thinck this is a joke its not because you ARE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.226.4 (talk) 17:56, 1 October 2015 (UTC)Reply
There were separate articles on Wikipedia about sexual stereotyping and stereotypes of Italians and Italian Americans. Both of these articles were redirected to the stereotyping article, but this article has no information about these topics.
Should these articles be separated again, or should their contents be merged into the stereotyping article instead? Jarble (talk) 20:36, 2 October 2015 (UTC)Reply
In the paragraph about a study from 1976 documenting illusory correlation, the following passage occurs:
"Negative behaviors outnumbered positive actions and group B was smaller than group A, making negative behaviors and membership in group B relatively infrequent and distinctive. Participants were then asked who had performed a set of actions: a person of group A or group B. Results showed that subjects overestimated the frequency with which both distinctive events, membership in group B and negative behavior, co-occurred, and evaluated group B more negatively."
It seems the first line is wrong, and that it ought to read: "Negative behaviors were outnumbered by positive actions...". I have not corrected it myself because I am not familiar with the study in question.MelancholyRose (talk) 17:21, 30 November 2015 (UTC)Reply
Stereotypes in Consumer Behaviour seems to be better suited as a section in Stereotype, rather than being its own article. MorbidEntree - (Talk to me! (っ◕‿◕)っ♥) 12:14, 10 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
"However, this is only a fundamental psychological definition of a stereotype. Within psychology and spanning across other disciplines, there are different conceptualizations and theories of stereotyping that provide their own expanded definition. Some of these definitions share commonalities, though each one may also harbor unique aspects that may contradict the others."
Okay, then why can't they be explained? The article sure is long enough for a longer lead and I really don't think saying "but that's only the basic definition and there are other definitions that are both similar and distinct" (but with a lot more fluff) is in any way useful. I'll add a template. Bataaf van Oranje (Prinsgezinde) (talk) 16:41, 11 September 2017 (UTC)Reply
This article is precise, simple and does it's job well. IFSLauren 4/14/2018IFSLauren (talk) 02:36, 15 April 2018 (UTC)Reply
Confirmation bias and stereotypes have a lot of connections. How do they connect specifically, and when should they be considered not attached to each other? I think it would be a valuable addition to this article. IFSLauren IFSLauren (talk) 02:39, 15 April 2018 (UTC)Reply
Hi Everyone! I can't find originations of stereotypes, Im working on a project and it would be nice if someone could help with this issue and see a new section added on the topic. Thanks! -Devin Haworth — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:806:8200:2935:753C:73DA:A28A:8203 (talk) 23:46, 21 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
"The term stereotype comes from the French adjective stéréotype and derives from the Greek words στερεός (stereos), "firm, solid"[10] and τύπος (typos), impression,[11] hence "solid impression on one or more idea/theory.""
"The term comes from the printing trade ..."
WHICH IS IT? ---Dagme (talk) 14:25, 12 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
"However, it was not until 1922 that "stereotype" was first used in the modern psychological sense by American journalist Walter Lippmann in his work Public Opinion."
There's a usage of "stereotyped" in an essay by Dickens that certainly seems to have the modern sense. Prefacing his response to a question on his position regarding "Capital and Labour" in the context of a strike (1854, "On Strike", Household Words Volume VIII, page 553):
"I always avoid the stereotyped terms in these discussions as much as I can, for I have observed, in my little way, that they often supply the place of sense and moderation. I therefore took my gentleman up with the words employers and employed, in preference to Capital and Labour." 152.208.17.155 (talk) 21:25, 4 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
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The change i made should not be changed 49.37.55.218 (talk) 13:17, 23 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
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the results of the experiment show both black and white participants to take faster shooting decision when the target is black. wouldn't this contradict the in-group favouritism theory? 37.63.12.69 (talk) 12:03, 21 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
The claim that stereotypes (or perhaps elements of them) can sometimes generally be accurate has seen some back-and-forth addition and reversion, involving both some sources that appear reliable and some claims of WP:FRINGE, and a request to take it to the talk page. So, I'll create this thread for that discussion and hope that the parties involved will use it. We probably need to examine a) the sources being used, for reliability, b) whether they are being used accurately (noWP:OR), and c) whether they are contradicted by a preponderance of other RS material (since having a reputable publisher is not always a guarantee of reliable content, especially the more time passes since publication). That this question is highly politicized probably also needs to be kept in mind. The ArbCom designation of "race and intelligence" broadly construed as covered by WP:Contentious topics also has obvious implications here given the nature of many ethnic stereotypes. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 19:31, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
The accuracy of stereotypes is among the largest and most replicated results in whole social psychology. Almost all concencual (shared) demographic stereotypes (race, ethnicity, gender) correlated above .50 even though just 5% of all social psychological findings achieve such a huge effect. Even half of personal stereotypes correlated above .50. Also most other stereotypes were accurate, such as those based on professions, college majors, or sororities.[1]
National character stereotypes were inaccurate if compared to self-reported personalities but very accurate if compared to how people really behaved.[1]
U.S. political stereotypes about Democrats vs. Republicans or liberals vs. conservatives exaggerate differences. Extreme partisans exaggerated even more. Nevertheless, the correlations were high.[1]
People apply stereotypes very little to individuals about which they have individual information. This is how a rational person would behave.[1]
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It is not only that stereotypes are produced by socialization or are types of prejudice but at the same time they are sometimes forced not only on children but by the peer group or society in general and if the individual tries to behave differently the sanctions can be harmful. Though if individuals fulfil the also negative expectations, they also will be sanctioned. So there is no way out of this pressure (trap of stigmatisation). Tiredmoth (talk) 14:40, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Reply