Stereotypes

Assigning stereotypes is often described as...

• Conscious decision making

• Unconscious and automatic

We place people into categories based on our previous experiences using our existing...

We use schemas to help us to respond to new situations ...

• quickly

• negatively

• positively

• slowly

The media, parents, and other members of our culture are some examples of

Stereotypes can be positive or negative

• True

• False

Who is this advertisement targeting?

• Men

• Women

• Both

One theory of the formation of stereotypes argues that an experience with an individual from a group will then be generalized to the group.

• Illusory correlation

• schemas

• priming

• grain of truth hypothesis

When people see a relationship between two variables even when there is none.

• grain of truth hypothesis

• illusory correlation

• priming

• accessibility

Who carried out an experiment where participants listened to a series of statements made about people from two groups - simply called group A and B.

• Hamilton and Gifford

• Schaller

• Tajfel and Turner

• Campbell

Once illusory correlations are made, people tend to seek out or remember information that supports this relationship. What is this known as?