Chapter 4 Understanding Social Perception and
Managing Diversity
Stereotype is
an individual’s set of beliefs about the characteristics or attributes of a
group. They exist everywhere whether we mean it or not or even if we notice it or not. Our society has become so numb to the fact that everyone stereotypes. Have you ever stopped to think how or why stereotypes even started though? It is sad to think that they truly never had to exist so why do they now? This seems to be a huge issue in the workplace because unfortunately managers will use stereotypes against people before hiring them or instead of hiring them.
Stereotyping is
a four-step process: 1) categorizing people into groups according
to various criteria, such as gender, age, race, and occupation 2) all people within a particular category
possess the same traits or characteristics 3) we form expectation of others and
interpret their behavior according to our
As time goes on more things seem to be accepted and more people seem to be open to different ideas. Hopefully this will mean that stereotypes could slowly fade away to non-existence but that would take change and change at times never comes to happen. It isn't always meant to be a negative thing but it immediately puts a perception into that persons mind which is why it may become an issue.
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