Stereotypes - Do they accurately reflect reality?

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A stereotype is a belief that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things. Yet, that belief or stereotype does not always reflect reality. Psychologists often concentrate on an individual's experience with groups, patterns of communication about those groups, and intergroup conflict to study the development of stereotypes whereas sociologists focus on the relations among different groups in a social structure. Both psychlogists and sociologists suggest that stereotypes are the result of conflict, poor parenting, and inadequate mental and emotional development...

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.2012
• EAN: 9786130141554
• ISBN: 978-613-0-14155-4
• No. of pages: 124
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology