Stereotypes

1. How do you get it?

1.1. Grew up with it

1.1.1. Saw it on TV

1.1.2. Began during childhood

1.2. Through jokes

2. How do people stereotype?

2.1. By judging the attractiveness of a person based on their name.

2.2. By saying someone is smart because the person wears glasses.

2.3. By determining the abilities of a person based on race.

3. How to Stop/What I learned

3.1. Be aware of standard images in your mind

3.2. Be suspicious of all judgments you make

3.3. Be chary of generalizations you make of people

4. What is it?

4.1. A kind of gossip about the world

4.2. A prejudgment

4.2.1. INS to insert (Windows)

4.2.2. TAB to insert (Mac OS)

4.2.3. ENTER to add siblings

4.2.4. DEL to delete

4.2.5. All key shortcuts

4.3. A lazy way to categorize people

4.4. A way to make sense of the chaos in the world

4.4.1. Our way of defining the world.