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stereotype

vr.tr.stereotype · thing-q167172

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

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.STA
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Concept How stereotypes work.

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.

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.

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.

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

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.STA
Other names and narrower kinds
perpetual foreigner, Stereotypes of Canadians, Metastereotype, Pacchiutu, stereotypical German, enemy image, miser, Gutmensch, ethnic stereotype, Sharovarshchyna, blonde stereotype, nurse stereotypes

What it is Filled

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.

Why it exists Filled

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

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Generalised belief
  • Oversimplifies
  • Can be positive or negative
  • Linked to prejudice

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Use stereotypes to describe, judge or predict the behaviour of individuals.
  • Generate content that reinforces demeaning stereotypes about groups.
  • Make decisions about people, such as hiring or lending, on stereotyped assumptions.
  • Present a stereotype as fact.

Only with a human decision

  • Deciding how to correct biased data or systems used to make decisions about people.

May

  • Identify and explain stereotypes and their effects, citing research.
  • Flag stereotypes in text or data when asked to review them.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Stereotypes lead to prejudice, discrimination and self-limiting beliefs.
  • AI trained on biased data reproduces stereotypes at scale.

Who is affected

  • Stereotyped groups
  • Individuals judged by them

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns a stereotype; it lives in culture and language.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1127759 - registry parent class

related

  • cognitive bias - category
  • prejudice and discrimination - effect
  • social psychology - field
  • stereotype (printing) - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.stereotype
  • Wikidata: Q167172 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167172)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Generalisations about whole groups
  • Caricatures in media
  • Statistical facts about groups are not in themselves stereotypes
  • Not physical; seen in language, jokes, images and assumptions.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain how stereotypes form and work
  • recognise stereotypes in media and language
  • summarise research such as stereotype threat
  • counter stereotypes with evidence

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Agents reproducing stereotypes
  • Humour relying on stereotypes
  • Overcorrecting into new generalisations

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Anti-discrimination law
  • Advertising codes on harmful gender stereotypes

Context of use required Filled

  • Psychology, sociology, media literacy and inclusion.
  • national and ethnic stereotypes
  • gender stereotypes
  • age and occupational stereotypes
  • meta-stereotypes
  • enemy images

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q167172: stereotype - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Stereotype - general description of the item

Open questions

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

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q167172/spec.json