Stereotyping

Listen to the following podcast: https://vvvvw.nprorg/programs/ted-radio-hour/358360814/playing-with-perceptions?showDate=2017-02-17? showDate=2017-02-17 -Please click on "Listen to the Full Show" (Listen to all 5 parts, not the just the first one by Sarah Jones.) -Please choose 3 of the following questions to answer -In each answer, give at least 2 examples from the podcast to support your ideas.

1. Human beings are constantly trying to make order in the world. We place people and things in groups in an attempt to make meaning and to make sense of situations. We also judge our present interactions (partly) on our past experiences. But...Why else do you think we might think and use stereotypes? (consider power and resources)
2. When and how does a stereotype become problematic? 3. How is a stereotype different from a generalization? 4. Can comedy help break negative stereotypes or does it mock the seriousness of this issue?
3. How can first impressions mislead us? When have you experienced being mislead by a first impression of a person or a culture?
4. What do you think of Paul's point of stereotypes being influenced by something internal that we might not realize? Refer to his example of Tony Blair being voted "more American" than Barack Obama.
5. How do you think we can be more mindful of our judgments?
6. Why is studying stereotypes important to a study of intercultural communication?

       

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