The Impacts of Memory in Stereotypes and Decision Making with Possible Intervention
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Stereotypes, affirmation, decision-making.Abstract
With the increased need of being against stereotypes, more and more people seek the possible intervention. Memory, as a composition of the formation and maintenance of stereotypes, plays a role in stereotypes. To investigate the roles of memory in stereotypes, the present study aims to discuss different aspects of memory’s roles in stereotypes and come up with possible interventions. The result suggests that memory and priming can affect stereotypes by the failure of accurate information, thus affecting decision-making. Fortunately, affirmation can be an effective intervention to reduce the negative consequences. For interventions, this study mainly focuses on affirmation and its applications. The highlight of this study is that it combines different literature and points out both the advantages and drawbacks. Hence, the present study forms a comprehensive review of current studies. More empirical research needs to be conducted around stereotyping to clarify the mechanisms of stereotype influence and to better guide individuals' adaptive behaviors.
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