Pen Portrait of Topshop Customer Emily Miller is a 21 year old Graphic and Media Design student in London College of Communication. She lives at home with her parents in London because although she works part-time as a waitress in a restaurant she can’t afford to live on her own. Her family would be considered middle class. Her father is an accountant and her mother is a nurse. She is an only child. Emma is a very sociable‚ bubbly person. She enjoys looking good and likes to try new things. She
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stereotyped groups’ characteristics‚ most stereotypes are true as what is generally accepted in society must be somehow grounded in reality. Moreover‚ many stereotypes have been proven by science‚ and conducted psychological studies such as stereotype threat. People who believe that stereotypes are false‚ argue that stereotypes are just over generalizations. They argue that stereotypes represent just a small minority of the group being stereotyped against. They give the example of the stereotype that
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itself sounds unpleasant‚ “an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that something is dangerous‚ likely to cause pain‚ or a threat’ (Merriam-Webster). Danger‚ pain‚ and threat‚ these aren’t words that would attract most people to an experience. Fears come in all shapes and sizes‚ even animals have fears‚ it’s a basic instinct that all creatures have to identify threats in order to survive. Without fears we would not be able to process what causes us harm and we would not survive very long. The
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genetics or cultural differences cause some students to do poorly on academic tests and academic performances. But now it is clear that negative stereotypes raise more doubts and high pressure anxieties in test taker’s mind‚ which results in "stereotype threat." According to psychologists Claude Steele‚ Steven Spencer‚ and Joshua Aronson‚ even passing reminders about a person belonging to one group or another‚ such as group stereotyping‚ can cause trouble with test performance. They have examined group
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Article 1: Target Article Davies‚ P. G.‚ Spencer‚ S. J.‚ & Steele‚ C. M. (2005). Clearing the air: Identity safety moderates the effects of stereotype threat on women’s leadership aspirations. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology‚ 88(2)‚ 276-287. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.88.2.276 Davies and colleagues explored how stereotype threat could potentially decrease the decision for women to accept leadership positions. The authors predicted that from watching gender stereotypic TV commercials‚
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Competitor analysis So who are the main competitors to TopShop? Ironically‚ Miss Selfridge from the same group is a key competitor but TopShop also view Debenhams‚ H&M‚ New Look Group‚ French Connection and House of Fraser‚ and of now that everything is gone digital there are extreme amounts of pressure put on topshop to stay in the lead with online stores such as asos and boohoo who try to replicate its clothes but at a more affordable cost High-street H&M Strengths
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higher learning and a positive outlook (Wood‚ 2006). The straight-edge subculture emerged in the late 1970’s (Wood‚ 2006). The term straight-edge was coined by musician Ian MacKaye in a song called “Straight Edge” which he wrote for his band‚ Minor Threat. Their music was fast and powerful with angry and thoughtful lyrics‚ which is how straight-edge seemed to be viewed as at first. With further understanding‚ it was found that the straight-edge lifestyle was the opposite. In the 1970’s only a
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Emily Ramirez Taking A Stand English Comp. I July 1‚ 2013 Women in STEM Fields and Stereotypes For years society has created many different stereotypes for several different types of individuals. The Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) fields intimidate most women since society has capitalized it to be a male dominated field. This could be because men were the first to study the STEM fields and have succeeded greatly. Yet it is very rare for women to
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behavior: On the self-fulfilling nature of social stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 35 (9)‚ 656-666. Steele‚ C.M.‚ Spencer‚ S.‚ & Aronson‚ J. (2002). Contending with group image: The psychology of stereotype threat and social identity threat. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology‚ 36‚ 379-440. Weinstein‚ R.S.‚ Gregory‚ A.‚ & Strambler‚ M.J. (2004). Intractable self-fulfilling prophecies fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education. American Psychology. 59 (6)‚ 511-520
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Mariah Kash Thanks for the Pain. You know some people are excited for their first day of High School. It’s a “New start”‚ a chance to grow up‚ maybe make some new friends‚ and leave all the other BS behind. That’s what I thought‚ until “she” came around. “She” ruined everything for me last year‚ and I’m not exaggerating when I mean EVERYTHING! It was only the second week of school‚ and I was in English. I was sitting there doing my work with Britney when “She” came up and started to taunt
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