1 Stereotypes
Defining Stereotypes Associative Network Models and Measuring Stereotypes Expectancy Confirmation Categorization Stage I: Information Historical Origins of Acquisition Stereotyping Stage II: Information- Biased Labeling Processing Biases The Structure and Processing of Stage III: Self-Fulfilling Stereotype Information Prophecies The Structure of Stereotypes Changing Stereotypes Processing in Stereotype Strengthening or Creating Networks Positive Links Affect Associated with Weakening Negative Links Stereotypes Subtyping and Activating Mood Associated with Alternative Categories Stereotypes Altering Biased Labeling Summary
To consider every member of a group as endowed with the same traits saves us the pains of dealing with them as individuals. ( Allport, 1954, p.169)
Rwanda is a small republic in central Africa. In 1994 the presidents of Rwanda and the neighboring republic of Burundi were killed under mysterious circumstances in a plane crash at the airport outside of the capital of Rwanda. Their deaths touched off a bloody civil war in Rwanda. Even the most conservative estimates of the resulting
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