Sentences with phrase «stereotypes about groups of people»

This could prove problematic in certain situations, such as when children are exposed to stereotypes about groups of people.

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World citizenship can be widely extended among all people through the application of the principles of mental health... the problem of world citizenship in relation to human survival needs to be formulated afresh in the light of new knowledge about aggressiveness in man, group tensions and resentments, race prejudices and nationalist sentiments and stereotypes.

Negative stereotyping of outsiders and people who don't agree You almost immediately know how safe a group is by how they talk about others.

The study, forthcoming in the journal Psychological Science, is an extension of the idea of «stereotype threat» — that when people are confronted with negative stereotypes about a group with which they identify, they tend to self - handicap and underperform compared to their potential.

His feature debut, «Dear White People,» is a pointed satire about race relations in the age of Obama that turns familiar stereotypes on their heads as it follows an eclectic group of African American students navigating campus life and racial politics at a predominantly white college.

While stereotyping is normal, it can result in snap judgments that reinforce negative preconceived notions about certain groups of people, exacerbating the impact of bias on our judgment and decision - making.