As stated by Holy Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's, "Anyone who has ever trusted you, you owe them a lot." (Cape). When a positive stereotype is introduced and you live up to it or work towards it, the results can be progressive. Generally positive stereotypes increase and improve individuals' performance when introduced. An interesting experiment showed that, when tested, "each group performed better on the task on which they believed the opposite sex performed worse" (Krendl, Gainsburg, Nalini). When the group believed they would do better, they actually did. Positive stereotypes encourage people to do better and be better. In this case, stereotypes give trust instead of taking it away, demonstrating that sometimes stereotypes can be trustworthy
tags