Stereotypes In Critical Thinking

Lavonda Walls
Instructor Devine
Culture Diversity
11/10/2017

Stereotypes and how they act as barriers to critical thinking.

Stereotyping is not a definitive understanding of people from other cultures or countries
Around them, there will be assumptions made or stereotyping of people under the generalization and false notions of who they are by making a conclusion about them without knowing them.
Foremost there are positive and negatives to stereo types. According to an article “Whenever we don't have a good perception of a subject, and people of other places, then we tend to make assumptions about them. Typically Stereotyping becomes a way of conveying their dislike. Of course, stereotyping stems from a commonly held view of a community or race, gender and
class. This view may arise from an incident or false assumption, and then maybe used to color the entire community as the same.
Various types of stereotypes exist. However, the most common ones are racial stereotypes and gender
stereotypes.
Race, nationality, gender and sexual orientation are the main factors of stereotyping.
Stereotyping must be avoided, as it leads to treating groups as a single entity.” individuals. ” They also mention that every group will have some stereotypes is has been the ways to establish identify the individuals. Society social aspects to stereotypes Social conflict is the struggle for power within a society. It occurs when two or more people oppose one another in social interactions, reciprocally exerting social power to attain scarce or incompatible goals, and prevent the opponent from attaining them. Conflict theory emphasizes interests deployed in conflict, rather than the norms and values. This perspective argues that the pursuit of interests is what motivates conflict. Society is composed of different groups that compete for resources. 1.
While societies may portray a sense of cooperation, a continual power struggle exists between social groups as they pursue their own interests.”
Society social aspects to stereotypes Social conflict is the struggle for power within a society. It

occurs when two or more people oppose one another in social interactions, reciprocally
exerting

social power to attain scarce or incompatible goals, and prevent the opponent from

attaining them.

Conflict theory emphasizes interests deployed in conflict, rather than the norms and values. This

perspective argues that the pursuit of interests is what motivates conflict. Society is composed of

different groups that compete for resources.
1. While societies may portray a sense of cooperation, a continual power struggle exists between social groups as they pursue their own interests.
2. Social groups will use resources to their own advantage in the pursuit of their goals, frequently leading powerful groups to take advantage of less powerful groups.

To conclude this, it is crucial to understand that civil societies and stereotype affects how society thrives.
The difficulty of stereotypes in part are sometimes unrecognized because is established with a belief system. Stereotypes should never have influences in the ways we deal with or treat other people since we all are subject to become stereotyped by another’s