Automatic Behavior in American Society
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In Automatic Behavior we see that people routinely engage in a variety of simple and complex behavior ôwithout consciously paying attention to itö (155). In Acting from a Single Perspective, we discover that humans have a tendency to act from a single perspective which limits new input and new understanding: ôOne we let them in [single perspectives], our minds snap shut like a clam or ice and do not let in new signalsö (157). The information contained in the sections on ôautomatic behaviorö and acting from a ôsingle perspectiveö in Language, Thought, and Culture is readily applicable to American Society. I find that this is particularly true with respect to stereotypes and prejudices.In American society we routinely engage in behaviors that are automatic. One example I am familiar with is the way many women will apply their makeup in the car while they fasten their seat belts, take off the emergency break, start the car, and put the car into drive automatically. Such auto
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