Prejudice and Stereotyping in Society Stereotyping is a form of prejudice and is also the root of racism and discrimination. A stereotype usually applies to a whole group of people who do something in a certain way. To them‚ it seems natural‚ but to some people it’s weird. Often‚ a name is given to the group‚ and to every individual. For example‚ nerd is the stereotype name for someone who is usually a computer whizz and can’t play sport very well. This however isn’t always true‚ because many people
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Economy of Singapore Singapore enjoys a highly developed and successful free-market economy‚ a remarkably open and corruption-free business environment‚ stable prices and one of the highest per capita gross domestic products in the world. Exports‚ particularly in electronics and chemicals‚ and services provide the main source of revenue for the economy. Singapore is positioning itself as the region’s financial and high-tech center. Singapore’s economic strategy proved a success‚ producing real
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carriages) as the main mode of cheap transport in Singapore.[2] A comprehensive study of the “rickshaw” in 1921 Singapore necessarily examines rickshaws as a mode of transport‚ as well as an avenue to gain insights into the lives of rickshaw pullers. In the latter sense‚ rickshaws serve to bring the lives of the common people into sharper contrast‚ creating a social history of sorts. This essay will first analyse rickshaws as a transport form in 1921 Singapore‚ before proceeding to the individual pullers
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"Given the limited land available in Singapore‚ is it wise to set aside some areas as nature reserves?" Singapore‚ officially known as Republic of Singapore is a beautiful country in Southeast Asia. It comprises of 63 islands and the main island is known as the Singapore Island or Pulau Ujong in Malay. The territories of the country are expanding rapidly through land reclamation. The land reclamation process have increased its land area from 581.5 km2 in the 1960s to 718.3 km2 presently. After
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An Airbus A380 plane operated by Singapore Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing in Azerbaijan due to loss of cabin pressure. The plane was flying from London to Singapore and had 467 passengers and 27 crew members on board. The airline said that oxygen masks were deployed and the aircraft landed "uneventfully" at the Baku airport. It said that none of the passengers or crew was injured and that it was investigating what caused the problem. Nathan Phelps‚ an electrical supervisor from
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How Culture Shapes Gender Roles These last few weeks our English class has read and discussed many essays which have shown how culture can shape gender roles. Three particular essays discuss how parents in want to find good providers for their daughters. Different cultures have different rites of passage for their daughters in which the goal is to enhance the desirability of the girl. The customs of female circumcision‚ foot binding and arranged marriage are three examples of genders
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Colonialism in Singapore Asian Studies Grade 9 Singapore was colonized for quite a lot of years‚ from around 1819 until 1965. The British‚ Japan and Malaya colonized Singapore during 1819 to 1965. The British colonized Singapore from 1819 till 1963. But during these 144 years‚ Japan also colonized Singapore and colonized them for 3 years‚ in 1942 till 1945 during the World War II. The British only fully colonized Singapore in 1824. In that time the British did colonize Singapore. They
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revises material from Kwa Chong Guan‚ "From Temasik to Singapore: Locating a Global City State in the Cycles of Melaka Straits History" in Miksic‚ John & Low‚ Cheryl-Ann (eds) Early Singapore 1300s to 1819: Evidence in Maps‚ Texts and Artefacts p125-139‚ De Coutre’s Proposal for a fort on Singapore and Sentosa‚ c.1625 (A/Prof Peter Borschberg’s website at www.borschberg.sg)‚ and Kwa Chong Guan‚ Derek Heng and Tan Tai Yong (2009) Singapore: A 700-Year History‚ From Early Emporium to World City
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resources‚ and interference from others in achieving their goals. As much as many of us try to avoid them; conflicts are just something we have to go through at times. There are many influences on conflict but I would like to discuss gender‚ race‚ and culture. When identifying gender in conflicts men and women perceive situations differently at times‚ based on both their experiences in the world which relates to power and privilege‚ as do race and socialization patterns that reinforce the importance of healthy
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Stereotyping in "Finding Nemo" According to the textbook‚ Social Psychology by Aronson‚ Wilson and Ekert‚ stereotyping is‚ "a generalization about a group in which identical characteristics are assigned to virtually all members of the group‚ regardless of actual variation among the members" (Aronson et al‚ 597). In other words‚ stereotyping occurs when assumptions are made about a group and its members‚ regardless of whether all the members possess the attributions of the assumptions. Some stereotypes
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