Title: Barriers to Accurate Social Perception – Organizational Behavior
Headings: Barriers to Accurate Social Perception
Barriers to Accurate Social Perception
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Stereotyping
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Selective Perception
Perceptual Defense
Glossary
Perceptual defense
Selective perception
Stereotyping

Content: Managing the Unmanageable, 3rd Edition (New York: Wiley, 2010). They argue that stereotypes may be to some extent based upon fact. People tend to compare other groups with their own group, accentuating minor differences between groups to form a stereotype. For example, older people as a group may indeed be more conservative or more old-fashioned. These traits then become emphasized and attributed to particular older individuals. At least three types of stereotype can be found in organizations: those dealing with age, race, and gender. Age stereotypes can be found throughout organizations. A recent study by
C. von Hippel, et al, “Age-based stereotype threat and work outcomes: