FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA

EDUCACION HUMANAS Y
TEGNOLIGIAS
LANGUAGE SCHOOL
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
MONICA VELOZO
7TH SEMESTER A
Msc. CSAR NARVAEZ
CULTURAL STEREOTYPES
RECUPERATION
SEPTEMBER 2014- FEBRURY 2015.

CULTURAL STEREOTYPES

Definition
In social psychology, a stereotype is a thought that can be adopted about specific types of
individuals or certain ways of doing things. These thoughts or beliefs may or may not
accurately reflect reality. However, this is only a fundamental psychological definition of a
stereotype. Within psychology and spanning across other disciplines, there are different
conceptualizations and theories of stereotyping that provide their own expanded definition.
Some of these definitions share commonalities, though each one may also harbor unique
aspects that may contradict the others.
Etymology
The term stereotype derives from the Greek words (stereos), "firm, solid"and
(typos), "impression," hence "solid impression".
The term comes from the printing trade and was first adopted in 1798 by Firmin Didot to
describe a printing plate that duplicated any typography. The duplicate printing plate, or the
stereotype, is used for printing instead of the original.

Possible prejudicial effects of stereotype are:

Justification of ill-founded prejudices or ignorance

Unwillingness to rethink one's attitudes and behavior towards stereotyped groups

Preventing some people of stereotyped groups from entering or succeeding in

activities or fields.

Common environment.
One explanation for why stereotypes are shared is that they are the result of a common
environment that stimulates people to react in the same way.

The problem with the common environment explanation in general is that it does not
explain how shared stereotypes can occur without direct stimuli. Research since the 1930s
suggested that people are highly similar with each other in how they describe different
racial and national groups, although those people have no personal experience with the
groups they are describing.

Ways of cultural stereotypes

Here are some different stereotypes of some cultures in America

African American: There are 100s of stereotypes that African American have
placed on them by not just other cultures but specific work forces as well, one being
the police. Many people think that African Americans are just burglars and
delinquents. This can make it very hard for African American students that are
trying to just make it through school and get a good education. Another well-known
stereotype is that African Americans are good at sports. This can be very true for
some, but that is the case for all cultures.

Asians: The main stereotypes for Asians are that they are extremely intelligent. In
many cases this can be true, but there are many other cultures that have students that
excel to the genius level also. Whenever a person sees someone that is of Asian
descent they expect them to be very smart, but if their grades and achievements
arent up to that persons standard then they are look down upon. This could give

that person a very low self-esteem because they dont think they are good enough in
the eyes of others.

Middle Eastern: Because of the attacks on the United States in 2001 most people
look at Middle Easterners as scary and harmful people. They think just because they
have dark skin and dark hair that they are going to bomb something. This can be
very hard for Middle Eastern students in todays society because other students
might be afraid of them because of what their parents have told them. This can
cause those students to not have any friends and be very lonely.

Hispanic: There are many different stereotypes that are portrayed against the
Hispanic culture. When other cultures see a Hispanic person in America they
automatically assume that they are there illegally. This could be very hurtful to
students whose parent are here legally and worked very hard to become a US
citizen.

Caucasian: Many Caucasians have stereotypes not only put on them by other
cultures, but also by others that are Caucasian themselves. There is the rich and
snooty, the jocks, the dumb blond, the cheerleader, and many more. All of these can
be hurtful because even thought people are in those groups doesnt mean that those
stereotypes actually portray them personally. There are also other cultures that put
stereotypes on Caucasians, like all white people are raciest. This can be a problem at
school because it it can be hard for others to make friends outside of their culture.

QUESTIONS
1.-What is a cultural stereotypes?
a) It is the tone that uses a person for speaking.
b) It is a pragmatic coherence.
c) It is the peoples characters
2.- Which are some different stereotypes of some cultures in America
1) Puruha, quitus, and mayas
2) Caucasian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Asians, and African American.
3) Ecuadorian and Chinese