1. How are stereotypes different from
What are stereotypes?
How are stereotypes different from
Prejudice?
Negative feelings (e.g., dislike) toward someone because of group they belong to
Discrimination?
When similar or better qualified applicant…
Does not get job applied for
Gets job below qualification
Receives lower pay for same job
Wong in Globe & Mail; Krauss in NYT

2. Examples of Stereotypes
What are stereotypes?
Examples of Stereotypes
Confusing one member of group for another
Believing them to be similar in personality/behavior
E.g., editors vs. journalists
Assuming characteristics of individual based on group membership
E.g., assuming your are nanny because you are Filipino, Assuming non-Whites are not Canadian;
Wong’s Globe & Mail

3. Why do stereotypes occur?
In-group vs. Out-group membership status of Target & Perceiver
Relative Status of Perceiver & Target
Context of Target & Perceiver
Who else is around?
What is the status of other similar targets?
Wong’s Globe & Mail

4. What you should have learnt from Articles & Video
Stereotypes are
Labels we attach
Assumptions we make
Stereotypes occur because
We are from different “groups”
Have different social standing,
Of some types of situation