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stereotype

vr.tr.stereotype · XCT.STA

Let an agent explain stereotypes and their effects using research, avoid reproducing stereotypes, help people counter them, and separate the printing sense.

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A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain stereotypes and their effects using research, avoid reproducing stereotypes, help people counter them, and separate the printing sense.

A widely held, oversimplified and generalised belief about a group of people, such as a nationality, ethnicity, gender or profession, which can shape perception and behaviour and lead to prejudice and discrimination; the word originally named a printing plate.

What it is for: Psychology, sociology, media literacy and inclusion.

It can be explain how stereotypes form and work; recognise stereotypes in media and language; summarise research such as stereotype threat; counter stereotypes with evidence.

Distinguishing features

Generalised belief

Oversimplifies

Can be positive or negative

Linked to prejudice

What it looks like

Not physical; seen in language, jokes, images and assumptions.

How it is recognised

Generalisations about whole groups

Caricatures in media

Statistical facts about groups are not in themselves stereotypes

Related models

is a kind of - category

cognitive bias

can lead to - effect

prejudice and discrimination

is studied by - field

social psychology

is confused with - another sense

stereotype (printing)

In practice

Families and kinds

national and ethnic stereotypes

gender stereotypes

age and occupational stereotypes

meta-stereotypes

enemy images

Standards and regulation

Anti-discrimination law

Advertising codes on harmful gender stereotypes

Failure modes and hazards

Agents reproducing stereotypes

Humour relying on stereotypes

Overcorrecting into new generalisations

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Concept How stereotypes work.

Research explains mechanisms.

Formation

Origins.

Formation

Formation.

  1. How do stereotypes form, according to social psychology? provenance
  2. Why do they persist? definition

Effects

Consequences.

Effects

Effects.

  1. What does research say about stereotype threat and discrimination? provenance
  2. How strong is the evidence? boundary
Recognise Spotting stereotypes.

Awareness helps.

Media

Media portrayals.

Media

Media portrayals.

  1. Does this portrayal rely on a stereotype about a group? boundary
  2. Which guidance on fair representation applies? provenance

Language

Everyday language.

Language

Language.

  1. Does this phrasing generalise about a group? boundary
  2. How can it be rephrased? action
Conduct Agent behaviour.

Agents should not stereotype.

Decline

Stereotyped requests.

Decline

Stereotyped requests.

  1. Does the request ask the agent to describe a group by a stereotype? boundary
  2. How should the agent respond with evidence and nuance? action

Counter

Countering stereotypes.

Counter

Countering stereotypes.

  1. Which approaches reduce stereotyping, according to research? provenance
  2. How can they be used in teams or schools? action
Senses Disambiguation.

Stereotype has a printing sense.

Printing

Printing plate.

Printing

Printing sense.

  1. Is the stereotype printing plate meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

History

Word history.

History

Word history.

  1. How did the word move from printing to social psychology, according to dictionaries? provenance
  2. Who popularised the social sense? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should specific stereotypes be separate entries?
  • How should research be linked?
  • How should the printing sense be split off?
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