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What does stereotype mean?
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Content: It is thought that education and/or familiarization can change these incorrect beliefs. Other negative effects are: justification of ill-founded prejudices or ignorance
unwillingness to rethink one's attitudes and behavior towards stereotyped group
self-fulfilling prophecy for both stereotyping and stereotyped group (white people treat black people in a more hostile way because they are afraid of them; black people accordingly react more aggressively, thus confirming the stereotype...)
preventing some people of stereotyped groups of succeeding in activities or fields (i.e. white people who are trying to get into the hip hop industry; gay men who are trying to be in the NBA; black people trying to get a bachelors degree, and Asian men who try to marry white women). Unhealthy stereotypes can be negative or positive, even for the same group: Black men are generally supposed to be good musicians and basketball players, but at the same time seen as aggressive, prone to lives of crime, and likely to be on drugs. The effects of stereotypes can have positive and negative effects: Students who were implicitly made aware of their gender behaved as the stereotype suggested: