Joe believes that females cannot be pilots and opposes the military's use of women in combat. It is his belief that females are not strong enough, emotionally and physically, to perform the duties that are required to fly fighter jets
Joe's belief that women are weak is ____.
a. a stereotype
b. a form of discrimination
c. a negative behavior
d. an unconscious association
A. A stereotype occurs when people believe others possess certain characteristics simply as a result of being a member of a particular group.
You might also like to view...
Allison enters a summer program for high school students who are gifted in math. Of the 40 students, she is one of five girls. Her success in the program is likely to
A) be greater because she wants to prove that girls can handle it. B) depend on making friends with the smartest boys. C) suffer because of the effect of stereotype threat. D) be unaffected by the unbalanced male-female ratio.
According to _____, parents and others react to the changes of puberty by pushing for more gender-typical attitudes and behaviors
A) the gender intensification hypothesis B) gender diversity theory C) biopsychological research D) self-efficacy approaches