Labeling and grouping other people usually only becomes a problem when we label and group someone incorrectly in a negative manner, which is what most of us associate stereotypes with. Labeling or grouping isn't always bad and it depends on the degree to which you do it. 6. Define culture. Is culture limited to racial and ethnic backgrounds?
These opinions forced upon generation after generation causes these misconceptions of how certain groups actually interact, thus beginning a cycle of conformity through people’s opinions. Although these views can appear to be slightly true at times, it can be an in just approach to characterize people based on what society believes is normal for that race, sex, or any other type of group. Stereotypes may change with time and society, but the conformist idea behind the ways people characterize others continue in a direction towards a misreading of social, gender, or any other types of
Stereotypes lead people to expect certain actions from members of social groups. These stereotype-based expectations may lead to self-fulfilling prophecies, in which one's inaccurate expectations about a person's behavior, through social interaction, prompts that person to act in stereotype-consistent ways, thus confirming one's erroneous expectations and validating the stereotype. (Page 94–97) Often time’s people are fairly ignorant of the customs and
Appendix A Ashley Oliver ETH/125 Jose Rodriguez Diversity | The state of being diverse, or different from others. | Ethnocentrism | Judging another culture based on the value’s and standards of one’s own culture. | Melting Pot | A place where different peoples, styles, theories, etc., are mixed together. | Minority Group | A subordinate group whose members have less control or power over their own lives than members of a dominate majority group do. | Emigration | The act of leaving one’s country or region to settle in another.
However it’s when others choose an identity for an individual or a group because of their circumstances that we get negative value identity or in equal identity. As people we all have an identity, the most simple of which is personal identity, this is your individual knowledge of who you are, but there are many more identities to consider. We construct our identities by what we do, where we go, people we interact with. A social identity is both an individual-a specific person and group identity referring to others whether different and the same. Identities relate to each and every person; however a lot of social identities are characterised by inequality.
Valuing people as individuals is important in promoting equality of opportunities. Inclusion is ensuring that people have access to available services and activities as well as a full range of services and facilities available Discrimination is judging people because of gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race, ethnicity, language, nationality or other personal characteristics and discriminating against then because of these differentness, treating them different, different treatment of care. 1.2 The potential effects of discrimination can be different for different people. The effects can be physical, emotional or a combination of both such as Disempowerment, Low self-esteem and self-identity and even negative behaviours including aggression and criminality., poor appetite, a change in eating habits, sleeplessness, loss/gain of weight, lack of personal hygiene and lack of energy. the emotional effects may be low self esteem, lack of confidence, feeling unwanted, insecurity, becoming withdrawn, depression/stress, anxiety, sudden change in behaviour.
Discuss the factors that contribute to prejudice and discrimination and identify some techniques for reducing the development of prejudice and discrimination. Prejudice and discrimination have been prevalent throughout human history. Prejudice has to do with a negative attitude held by a person about members of a particular group, while discrimination refers to behaviors directed differently against people because of prejudice toward the social group they belong to. Prejudice is the attitude and discrimination is the behavior that can result from the attitude. Discrimination can be controlled by laws, but the prejudicial attitude can’t be easily controlled.
When the total picture is absent then blind judgment causes stereotyping. Society innocently makes and perpetuates stereotyping, that sometimes lead to unjust discrimination and maltreatment when it is unfavorable. Stereotypes sometimes progress out of fear from minority groups. Prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination are all considered to be biases. The way people see others of certain groups is not the exact way they imagine he or she may or should be.
Flaws in Stereotypes PHI 103: Informal Logic Stacey Miller 17 Sept 2012 Flaws in Stereotypes What is a stereotype? Simply, it is a generalization or belief about a group/type of people where all are lumped together under the same attributes or characteristics. Stereotypes can be positive or negative, friendly or unfriendly, but almost always there are distortions and errors in fact because they do not take into consideration the numerous character variations within that group. These “classifications” cover a multitude of groups or people, including race, religion, nationalities, celebrities, age groups, job types, and more; you name it, and there’s a stereotype for the group. Stereotypes are easier to create when actions are visible
When we talk of other cultures, we mean not only those who speak a language that is different from ours or who live in a different country or region; we also mean those who live in the same city or region but do not share the same social groups. Because of the dynamic nature of intercultural communication, the following dialectical approaches are emphasised. These approaches emphasise the procesccual, relational and contradictory nature of intercultural communication. Cultural individual dialectic recognises that a person may have some behaviour not shared by anyone else, perhaps a unique way of wrinkling your nose or a unique way of using language. However, you may also share communication patterns with those who have shaped you (family) and with whom you share other cultural practices.