Journal Analysis In the journal entry that I read, stereotyping and how it impacts us, there are many different type of studies that they use to find the information that they have come to. Stereotyping can influence people in many different ways because they think that they can be like the ones they stereotype. In the first study Gray looked at the subtle and blatant acts of self-relevant stereotypes. The goal of her study was …showed first 75 words of 489 total…

…showed last 75 words of 489 total…same questions were asked to both groups. A weakness is that more than two sets of words should be used. Stereotypes are groups that people use to make their social world easier to understand. Researchers have come to believe that stereotypes can’t only make people down but it can also give them a performance boost. Stereotypes depend on gender, ethnic, and social group that exhibit dramatic behaviors shifts corresponding with activation of group-based expectations.