Also, Belluck’s explains in her article how humans form stereotypes. David Amodi, assistant professor of psychology at New York University said “Stereotypes are seen as a necessary mechanism for making sense of information.” (Belluck 2005). To make sense and understand the information that is in front of us, we humans has to categorize this information and that leads to stereotype. Amodi gives an example in Belluck’s article and mentions that “If we look at a chair, we can categorize it quickly even though there are many different kinds of chairs out there.” (Belluck 2005). Moreover, in Belluck’s article, Susan Fiske a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Princeton mentions that stereotype of appearances is divided into two wide extents. Either a person appears hurtful or kind. However, all of this was the psychology aspect of stereotype. Scientists are finding that stereotypes are not a simple action that is stored and retrieved by the brain but associated with general regions in the brain that involve the memory. Also, Professor Amadio suggested that “people recruit stereotypes to kind of help them plan a world that’s consistent with the goal they might
Also, Belluck’s explains in her article how humans form stereotypes. David Amodi, assistant professor of psychology at New York University said “Stereotypes are seen as a necessary mechanism for making sense of information.” (Belluck 2005). To make sense and understand the information that is in front of us, we humans has to categorize this information and that leads to stereotype. Amodi gives an example in Belluck’s article and mentions that “If we look at a chair, we can categorize it quickly even though there are many different kinds of chairs out there.” (Belluck 2005). Moreover, in Belluck’s article, Susan Fiske a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Princeton mentions that stereotype of appearances is divided into two wide extents. Either a person appears hurtful or kind. However, all of this was the psychology aspect of stereotype. Scientists are finding that stereotypes are not a simple action that is stored and retrieved by the brain but associated with general regions in the brain that involve the memory. Also, Professor Amadio suggested that “people recruit stereotypes to kind of help them plan a world that’s consistent with the goal they might