Perkins 5 assumptions

Perkins 5 assumptions are that stereotypes aren't always negative are in relation to hotel Babylon when the worker from Africa says he is a doctor and this is a stereotype but he actually helps the girl who is having a hypoglycaemic attack and they are grateful off that.


The next assumption is that it isn't always about a minority group and with less power and in hotel Babylon this happens because the police officer is a white person and he gets stereotyped because he is showed too be a stereotypical investigator with the suit etc..


The third one is that the stereotype can be true about you. And this relates to hotel Babylon because the


The next assumption is that the stereotype isn't rigid or unchanging


The last assumption that it isn't always false and in hotel Babylon this is shown when the stereotype of the


Task 2


Festinger believed that people are reluctant to adjust their attitude unless face with overwhelming evidence.


If you apply this to hotel Babylon you can see that this is true because they use stereotype so much and this can maybe show that this is why it was popular. Because people believe stereotype so much and this is just agreeing with it, people will be happy that people are agreeing with tier stereotype and this shows that Festinger's theory is correct in most cases.


Task 3


Alvarado's theory.
Pitted- When the media shows adverts of people suffering in Africa we feel we should help them and feel pity for them.


Dangerous- Ethnic groups can be displayed as dangerous for example Yusef Khan is shown to be dangerous so we associate that ethnic group as dangerous.


Exotic- Some ethnic groups can be shown as exotic like south American's are shown as Latina's  and shown to be sex symbols through racy costumes e.g. Shakira.


Humorous- Some ethnic groups are shown to be humorous like the groundskeeper in Simpson's who is Scotish and he always has humorous lines and accidents. They also back up his stereotype with his red hair and thick accent.