I think part of what makes stereotypes is that people think about such things in sensory modes rather than verbally.
If you’re visualizing a person (and possibly imagining hearing them talk), you’ve got a single image, not a bunch of alternatives or a probability distribution.
Damn, nice catch. I’m going to start being more mindful of what kinds of thinking I tend to use for various problems and the inherent biases thereof. (I actually don’t think about stereotypes in sensory (visual) modes, but I used to, and I’d forgotten that it’s probably the default way to think about stereotypes.)
I think part of what makes stereotypes is that people think about such things in sensory modes rather than verbally.
If you’re visualizing a person (and possibly imagining hearing them talk), you’ve got a single image, not a bunch of alternatives or a probability distribution.
Damn, nice catch. I’m going to start being more mindful of what kinds of thinking I tend to use for various problems and the inherent biases thereof. (I actually don’t think about stereotypes in sensory (visual) modes, but I used to, and I’d forgotten that it’s probably the default way to think about stereotypes.)