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Identity and Stereotyping

Identity and Stereotyping. Bell-Ringer. In comedy routines, stereotypes often play a prominent role. The defense for using these types of jokes is “It’s funny because it’s true.” What do you make of this?.

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Identity and Stereotyping

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  1. Identity and Stereotyping

  2. Bell-Ringer • In comedy routines, stereotypes often play a prominent role. The defense for using these types of jokes is “It’s funny because it’s true.” What do you make of this?

  3. Stereotypes are defined as “a set of assumptions and beliefs about the physical, behavioral, and psychological characteristics assigned to a particular group of people. An unvarying form or pattern, having no individuality as though cast from a mold.” Some say that stereotypes are around for a reason and that they are based off of truthful observations. Is this the case? In a recent study conducted by the AAAS, a non-profit science society, and published in the journal Science, researchers concluded that stereotypes are not likely based off of truthful observations. The AAAS studied “typical” personalities of many cultures with the personalities of real people from those cultures. In their studies of people from 50 countries around the world, there was no definitive connection between perceived personalities and real personalities. So, if stereotypes are not rooted in real/truthful observations, then where do they come from? AAAS has possible explanations: 1) Stereotypes reflect national values rooted in the historic past.

  4. 2) Stereotypes may have been accurate at one point in history, but lingered on while a culture changed. • 3) They may have grown out of historic conflicts between cultural groups. • 4) Some very specific components of a stereotype may be accurate, but those items do not tell us really about the personality of the people who belong to these groups. • 5) Stereotypes may still linger because we are “hard wired” to believe and expect them and when we encounter someone from a group who doesn’t fit in with our perceptions, we see them as unique people rather then being a part of a cultural group. • In the end, stereotypes are important to how our identities are formed and how we view ourselves. National and cultural stereotypes do play an important role in how we see ourselves, whether we like to admit it or not.

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