"When we use stereotypes, we take in the gender, the age, the color of the skin of the person before us, and our minds respond with messages that say hostile, stupid, slow, weak. Those qualities aren't out there in the environment. They don't reflect reality."

--

Source : "Where Bias Begins: The Truth About Stereotypes" by Annie Murphy Paul, www.psychologytoday.com. May 1, 1998.

John Bargh

#Stupid Quotes #Reality Quotes #Color Quotes

“The public must be put in its place, so that it may exercise its own powers, but no less and perhaps even more, so that each of us may live free of the trampling and the roar of a bewildered herd.”
“I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill,”

Source : Song: Blueberry Hill
“How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.”

Source : Judy Blume (2014). “Tiger Eyes”, p.97, Pan Macmillan
“Social rejection doesn't just cause emotional pain; it affects our physical being.”

Source : Leonard Mlodinow (2012). “Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior”, p.79, Vintage
“If you're not a curious person, you're certainly not going to be a good photographer.”
“I've stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance.”
“In Hollywood if you are not working, you are a leper. True, you are probably living in the most expensive leper colony in the world.”

Source : Allan Sherman (1965). “A gift of laughter: the autobiography of Allan Sherman”
“I bought a lot of rubbish things that kids buy: skateboards and clothes and typical teenage stuff.”

You may also like:

Anthony Greenwald
Psychologist
Charles Duhigg
Writer
Ellen Langer
Professor
Jonathan Haidt
Psychologist
Kelly McGonigal
Psychologist
Martin Seligman
Psychologist
Robert Cialdini
Professor
Roy Baumeister
Professor
Susan Fiske
Professor