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Labeling . Jenni Fregeau, Ben Bohlen, Brittany Trewin. Activity . Directions: There will be pictures up on the screen for 1 second and I will tell you what to look for. Only look for that specific thing. Racial Terminology in Warfare . Gook Syndrome 2 phases of the war
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Labeling Jenni Fregeau, Ben Bohlen, Brittany Trewin
Activity • Directions: • There will be pictures up on the screen for 1 second and I will tell you what to look for. Only look for that specific thing.
Racial Terminology in Warfare • Gook Syndrome • 2 phases of the war • Good (1964-68) and Bad (1968-72) • Transition from good to bad and from soldiers to gooks • Inferiority • Relocation of Japanese-Americans during WWII (Leventman and Camacho, 1990)
Social Construct • Pepsi vs. Coke
Stereotyping Continued • Modern Day Stereotyping: • In Group-Out Group Homogeneity • Automatic Categorization • Benevolent Discrimination • Knee-Jerk Reactions • Scapegoat • Self-fulfilling Prophecy • Stereotype Threat Aronson, 2008
Stereotype Studies • Stereotype threat Study: • Black and White College Students tested • ½ “tested” on academic ability • ½ “tested” for an experiment • Academic ability group: black students performed poorly • Experiment group: similar performance (Spencer & Steele, 1997)
Stereotype Studies Cont. • Two groups of women • Group 1: told they were chosen because they did well on a test (merit) • Group 2: told they were hired because they needed to hire more women • Group 2 later belittle their own abilities Aronson, 2008)
Stereotype Studies Cont. • Asian Women Math Test • Priming with mention of sex • Priming with mention of race • Performed poorly when thinking of gender identity • Performed better when identifying as Asian (Aronson, 2008)