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Stereotyping Yourself Contributes toYour Success(or Failure)
sciam.com — People's performance on intellectual and athletic tasks is shaped by awareness of stereotypes about the groups to which they belong. New research explains why — and how we can break free from the expectations of others.
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- verkon, on 04/05/2008, -4/+12cool kids avoid using the spacebar from time totime.
- pizzler, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2Actually that was the only way I could fit the entire title......
- haydesigner, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1Then why not try editing it, or re-writing it?
- Agret, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5You could've submitted it as "Stereotyping Yourself Contributes to Your Success or Failure"
- willywong, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1your = ur :-)
- pizzler, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2Actually that was the only way I could fit the entire title......
- Encablossa, on 04/05/2008, -12/+3Too much to read, the article needs to be summarized before reaching digg.
- obzinator, on 04/05/2008, -3/+8Hey, but it's on one page, right?
- haydesigner, on 04/05/2008, -1/+7Too... much... wordiage... me... brain... hurtsy.... much...
- Jovensdesciple, on 04/05/2008, -11/+5Hell yeah it does. Stop hating yourself for being an American. People are good. We won't destroy the planet. Americans won't at least, maye the Chinese, Russian or Iranians will though. (not the people, just their crazy leaders, who might influence thier people into screwing around)
- rainmanbk, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3People are good? What are you basing that off of. It's sad, but that's how most people do view themselves. In reality however...
- vertinox, on 04/05/2008, -1/+7Feeling superior because of where you were born is just as racist as feeling superior because of your color of your skin. I'm not at all for collectivism, but just because you were born in a country where other great people were born doesn't mean you're going to be great by default.
You have to go out and earn your respect. Simply saying "I'm proud to be American!" when you at the most you haven't served in the military or at the last don't even bother voting makes for a poor version of one.
No one should get a free ticket for just being born the way they were... Race, gender, or nationality. (Nor should be they be discriminated against)- haydesigner, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Amen!
Nationalism is the first step to racism.
(look at the Serb/Croats)
- haydesigner, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Amen!
- Myonosken, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2"(not the people, just their crazy leaders, who might influence thier people into screwing around)"
Hey pot, why are you calling that kettle black?
- hatheaddotcom, on 04/05/2008, -2/+2I was always stereotypes as super awesome and I'll be damned if that didn't come true!
- daxsymbiont, on 04/05/2008, -8/+1the "or failure" turned the title into a joke.
buried. - benjorino, on 04/05/2008, -8/+3Here is a RickRoll for your enjoyment:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fVrroS3u6rY - troopa, on 04/05/2008, -2/+3Nerds will rule the world. We already do.
- grey580, on 04/05/2008, -0/+11"Whether you believe you can do something or not, you are right."
-Henry Ford - lukejmorrison, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Read Echkart Tolle "A New Earth" A Stereotype is identification another way of saying you are identified with Form (ego) by letting this go. Which only takes a second. You will change.
http://www.amazon.ca/New-Earth-Awakening-Purpose-S ...
Also if this book really interests you go to Oprah's interviews of Eckhart.. They are excellent and enlightening.. - Gutterpunk, on 04/05/2008, -2/+0News From The Obvious?Of course molding ourselves to stereotype is the way to go. It's called "selling out", and it work pretty well for advancement and whatsnot...
- punkcat, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2This form of stereotyping also leads to what scientists call, "ass holes"
- irvin666, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5Tell me something I don't know. I think it's pretty funny that society dictates us, not the other way around. Does that mean we don't have freewill?
...hmm, Does that mean that sociopaths have 'true' freewill? - alex1015, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5Interesting read, this is the type of things that belongs on digg, rather than Naomi Campbell beats someone etc.
- cjshamrock, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Interesting article indeed.
- ZenMojo, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Stereotype threat. This has particularly interesting results when explored in the field of undergraduate education. When certain genders and races that are expected to do poorly in various fields are confronted by their race or gender, they actually perform closer to the stereotype than they would without that confrontation -- African Americans and women, for example, are given a math test, then they are given another similar test after being asked what stereotypes a certain group is associated with. They perform significantly worse AFTER issues of their race and gender are brought out. That's stereotype threat, for you.
Interestingly enough, this works on white males when Asians are discussed, decreasing THEIR performance on math tests. The very act of pointing out that someone isn't expected to do well lowers their scores while pretending that there are no expectations raises their scores. - sup4141, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1buried
why do all of pizzler's submissions get dugg- ThugThrasher, on 04/05/2008, -0/+0Because you touch yourself at night
- greytfriend, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Self-fulfilling prophesy. Oedipus. As a girl, I learned this in high school. The girls who thought they were cool and pretty got treated that way, even if the not-so-pretty ones.
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