Stereotypes of common psychological phenomena

Stereotypes of common psychological phenomena

stereotype

Defining that people form a relatively fixed view of a certain kind of people and things through their own experiences is called stereotype.

Psychoanalysis When people know the world, in order to save the energy consumed in the process of understanding, people will use stereotypes to help people know the world, not to distinguish everything, but to have an overall impression of things. Although this impression is not necessarily accurate, it is still regarded as a template for our understanding.

Role stereotype has the significance of social adaptation, which can simplify people's social perception process, but the stereotype formed on the basis of limited experience often has negative effects, which will make people biased or even discriminated against certain group members.

Actual case

1, we will feel that men in the north are rough and straightforward, while men in the south are meticulous and restrained. However, when we walk through the south and cross the north, we will find that this is not entirely the case;

2. Sometimes, we will shape ourselves according to what is recorded in the stereotype. For example, a good boy is obedient and won't yell, so when we want a child to be obedient, if we put forward the definition of a good boy, it will be easier for the child to approach the image of a good boy. ;