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experience, about half of the people who hear the riddle mnediately agre Out.
7 The other half are confused at first, in Jarge part because they umconSciOuS]y aSsume
that doctors should be male. The difficulty of the puzzle is determmned jn large part by
gender stereotypes that GSsignl to all members of a social group the characteristics that
are shared by most of them. m Short stereotyDes are genleralizatiOnS.
We jeamm stereotypes from many sources mcluding our farmilies, rehigion, schools,
5 and the media。 For example, (sa Tecent study amalyzed *prime-time commereials from
three major TV networks to see whether any change had occurred im the *representation
9f menl and women since the 1980s. Authors of the Study found tittle change in the roles
吉 which men and women were *cast, that is, they both remained within tradiiional
gender roles. hi addition, they found women appeared less oftem as primary characters
2 on most conumercjals, except im wthose for beauty and health products,
The problems with stereotypes are ihat they are often too simple and they fa to
llow us to see people as individuals. m addidion, negaive Stereotypes can shape our
behavior, as we assume cerain things about peoples abihties on the basis of our
8eeralizafions. We should, at all costs, avoid the sisk of relying too heavily pon tnem
25 jimferpreting our world.
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