http://tjwoodlock.com/blog/political-and-general-stereotypes/ The personal blog of Tysen Woodlock. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://tjwoodlock.com/blog/political-and-general-stereotypes/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Tysen Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:29:11 +0000 http://tjwoodlock.com/blog/political-and-general-stereotypes/#comment-52 Thanks for your comment. I hadn't given full consideration to the advantages of generalisations like stereotyping. Obviously they must have an advantage of some kind or else their prevalence would make no sense. They provide a useful shortcut to conclusions that are usually non-contentious. Thanks for your comment. I hadn’t given full consideration to the advantages of generalisations like stereotyping. Obviously they must have an advantage of some kind or else their prevalence would make no sense. They provide a useful shortcut to conclusions that are usually non-contentious.

]]> http://tjwoodlock.com/blog/political-and-general-stereotypes/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Andrew Norton Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:38:58 +0000 http://tjwoodlock.com/blog/political-and-general-stereotypes/#comment-51 Stereotyping gets a bad name, but none of us could function without it. We have neither the time nor the cognitive capacity to evaluate every person and situation individually. Obviously this can create problems when stereoypes are inaccurate, though this may not be as big a problem as it seems, since when things matter most we tend to go for more individual evaluation. Consequently, you get people who say they do not like blacks/Jews/gays/whatever, but the particular people they know who are black/Jewish/gay or whatever are somehow ok. Stereotyping gets a bad name, but none of us could function without it. We have neither the time nor the cognitive capacity to evaluate every person and situation individually. Obviously this can create problems when stereoypes are inaccurate, though this may not be as big a problem as it seems, since when things matter most we tend to go for more individual evaluation. Consequently, you get people who say they do not like blacks/Jews/gays/whatever, but the particular people they know who are black/Jewish/gay or whatever are somehow ok.

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