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THE ROLE OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN MAINTAINING A POPULAR STEREOTYPE
Author(s) -
Morris Martha Binford
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1977.8.3.05x1510b
Subject(s) - stereotype (uml) , sociology , educational anthropology , politics , perception , stereotype threat , social psychology , social science , psychology , political science , educational research , law , neuroscience
Professional anthropologists should be concerned with, and willing to combat, popular concepts of human nature derived from the works of Ardrey, Morris, and others. Student responses to a questionnaire indicate that students have a hypothesis of human nature which leads them to expect the worst from their fellows. A continued lack of concern about this belief may have disastrous social, political, and economic consequences. The introductory classroom can provide a forum for correcting these imbalanced perceptions.