Presentation about stereotypes

SENSITIVITY TRAINING

PhD EDITE Alexandra Chudinova

C

ontent Questionnaire Analysis Discussion References

Q

uestionnaire

8 people Name Age Gender Sexual orientation Nationality Occupation Life aim

A

nalysis

8 people from the different age, activity and countries.

1 person: Luke, 24, male, hetero, german, student, to have a management position 2 person: -, 26, female, hetero, hungarian, studen, 3 person: Misrine, 27, female, hetero, maroccian, student, to have a business 4 person: Kovaco Flora, 20, woman, homosexual, hungarian, student, become a translator 5 person: Johanna Klemt, 21, female, lesbian, german, BA student, 6 person: Minhaj, 24, male, -, indian, student, become a film maker 7 person: Suiai, 21, male, besexual, hungarian, student, 8 person: Juea Iduad, 20, male, hetero, hungarian, student, become a physics scientist

STABLE FEATURES

1

shoulder width muscular strength breasts strength

3.5/4 narrow strong large

shapely physique unshapely

obesity

underweight

hair color light masculinity degree of femininity chin size eyebrow thickness size of eyes eye shape nose size babyish face height

100%

wide

5.5/1

weak small

3.5/4

3.5/4 shapely overweight

100%

hair neatness

100%

neat

overall grooming

strong

100%

weak

clothing neatness

neat

1/6

messy

clothing formality

casual

2/4

formal

clothing exposure

revealing

6.5/1

high

3.5/3

low

3/5

broad

3/5

thick

large

7/2

small

elongated

5/2

round

small

6/1

large

mature

7/1

immature

short

7/1

tall

fiat

3/4

protuding

high narrow bushy

large

petite

covering

6.5/0

dark

low

1/7

messy

5.5/1

appearance of stomach body build

CHANGEABLE FEATURES

clothing tightness posture

affect friendliness sound of colour

loose

8/0

tight

erect

3/3

slumped

sad

5/2

happy

friendly

3/4

unfriendly

low

high

Nationality - Asian Age - 30-35 Occupation - management, business Health - healthy Personality - introvert/extrovert 2/6

A

nalysis

People read the appearance of the different people basing on their experience and personal characteristics (age, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, occupation). 100% is a full coincidence in the next options: shapely physique obesity hair colour overall grooming clothing neatness Does it mean that in nowadays we haven’t the precise standarts of perfection?

The biggest number of coincidences is in the last person. If we will describe this person in a few words that it’ll be a successful person, businessman, manager. So, maybe, it’s a right way to achieve your gain according the stereotype/label?

Interviewee, who has written the life aim, undestand and read the people more clearly and right.

The nationality is easy for defining when the appearance is strongly marked. In this case, first asian person has 100% answers in the question about nationality, but typical european appearance evokes the doubts.

Analysing the results, it’s possible to say that the appearance influences on our perception.

If you want to have a success in your life, be formal, look friendly, don’t be messy in your clothing neatness.

100% answers in the questions have just the first and last persons. Because they have the harmony between their activity and appearance.

D

iscussion

What kind of stereotypes you know?

Could we change the stereotypes?

Can the stereotype influence on discrimination?

The social role of stereotypes.

Should all people be the stereotypes?

Does the stereotype describe the belong to the category?

R

eferences

Albert Mehrabian, Jeffrey S. Blum (1997, March).

Physical appearance, attractiveness, and the mediating role of emotions.

University of CaliforniaLos Angeles. Volume 16, Issue 1, pp 20–42 Baron, R.M., & Kenny, D.A. (1986).

The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51: 1173–1182.

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