SENSITIVITY TRAINING
PhD EDITE Alexandra Chudinova
C
ontent Questionnaire Analysis Discussion References
Q
uestionnaire
8 people Name Age Gender Sexual orientation Nationality Occupation Life aim
A
nalysis
8 people from the different age, activity and countries. 1 person: Luke, 24, male, hetero, german, student, to have a management position 2 person: -, 26, female, hetero, hungarian, studen, 3 person: Misrine, 27, female, hetero, maroccian, student, to have a business 4 person: Kovaco Flora, 20, woman, homosexual, hungarian, student, become a translator 5 person: Johanna Klemt, 21, female, lesbian, german, BA student, 6 person: Minhaj, 24, male, -, indian, student, become a film maker 7 person: Suiai, 21, male, besexual, hungarian, student, 8 person: Juea Iduad, 20, male, hetero, hungarian, student, become a physics scientist
STABLE FEATURES
1
shoulder width muscular strength breasts strength
3.5/4 narrow strong large
shapely physique unshapely
obesity
underweight
hair color light masculinity degree of femininity chin size eyebrow thickness size of eyes eye shape nose size babyish face height
100%
wide
5.5/1
weak small
3.5/4
3.5/4 shapely overweight
100%
hair neatness
100%
neat
overall grooming
strong
100%
weak
clothing neatness
neat
1/6
messy
clothing formality
casual
2/4
formal
clothing exposure
revealing
6.5/1
high
3.5/3
low
3/5
broad
3/5
thick
large
7/2
small
elongated
5/2
round
small
6/1
large
mature
7/1
immature
short
7/1
tall
fiat
3/4
protuding
high narrow bushy
large
petite
covering
6.5/0
dark
low
1/7
messy
5.5/1
appearance of stomach body build
CHANGEABLE FEATURES
clothing tightness posture
affect friendliness sound of colour
loose
8/0
tight
erect
3/3
slumped
sad
5/2
happy
friendly
3/4
unfriendly
low
high
Nationality - Asian Age - 30-35 Occupation - management, business Health - healthy Personality - introvert/extrovert 2/6
A
nalysis
People read the appearance of the different people basing on their experience and personal characteristics (age, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, occupation). 100% is a full coincidence in the next options: shapely physique obesity hair colour overall grooming clothing neatness Does it mean that in nowadays we haven’t the precise standarts of perfection? The biggest number of coincidences is in the last person. If we will describe this person in a few words that it’ll be a successful person, businessman, manager. So, maybe, it’s a right way to achieve your gain according the stereotype/label? Interviewee, who has written the life aim, undestand and read the people more clearly and right. The nationality is easy for defining when the appearance is strongly marked. In this case, first asian person has 100% answers in the question about nationality, but typical european appearance evokes the doubts. Analysing the results, it’s possible to say that the appearance influences on our perception. If you want to have a success in your life, be formal, look friendly, don’t be messy in your clothing neatness. 100% answers in the questions have just the first and last persons. Because they have the harmony between their activity and appearance.
D
iscussion
What kind of stereotypes you know? Could we change the stereotypes? Can the stereotype influence on discrimination? The social role of stereotypes. Should all people be the stereotypes? Does the stereotype describe the belong to the category?
R
eferences
Albert Mehrabian, Jeffrey S. Blum (1997, March). Physical appearance, attractiveness, and the mediating role of emotions. University of CaliforniaLos Angeles. Volume 16, Issue 1, pp 20–42 Baron, R.M., & Kenny, D.A. (1986). The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51: 1173–1182.
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