Atypical Single Events

Originally the hypothesis predicted that the participants would give a higher rating for the single, typical events rather than the atypical event and this was found to be supported. The mean ranking for a typical single event was significantly higher than that of the atypical. The same relationship was also hypothesized for the conjunctions; typical conjunctions should have a higher rating than the atypical. This hypothesis was also found to be true, but there was not as large of a difference and or significance in the means than there was between the atypical and typical single events. The typical single event and conjunction differ, but they do not differ reliably. When examining the confidence intervals of the two events slightly overlap
Bruce Goldstein as “an oversimplified generalization about a group or class of people that often focuses on negative characteristics.” This effects how we at humans negatively reason specific situations, groups people, or events due to be conscious or unconscious focus on the stereotype at hand. The overall impact stereotype had upon the results of these finds were considerable. We as humans create this “typical” representation of who belongs in a given stereotypical group and what actions are deemed to define the given group as well. An example of this from the given study can be seen in the first question, “Helen is 26 years old and is a very social person. She is not interested in politics, but loves buy new clothes and looking at fashion magazines.” Without even looking at what the question is asking most participants are placing Helen into a given stereotype, whether that would be a possible career for Helen or even how she would interact socially. Impacting how the participants would answer the question “how likely is it that Helen is a secretary who frequently goes to fashion shows?” Stereotypes is a both conscious and unconscious reasoning treat that humans use in order to answer questions like the one given