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This has been a wonderful week. Monday was marked with the successful completion of a chemistry lab, Tuesday was marked with the successful completion of a social psychology presentation, Wednesday was marked with the success of a return to swimming, Thursday was marked with the success of attending a new fitness calls, Friday was marked with the success of completing two chapter summaries, Saturday was marked with a successful evening at work, and today, Sunday, I've successfully posted a new blog entry!

Well now, what do all of these days share in common? They were all successfull! I'm looking forward to continued success in this upcoming week.

Aside from creative writing, rehearsing music, and making our kitchen tidy, my thoughts have narrowed to focus on the origins and alterations of stereotypes. Without having gone into the research I'm beginning to wonder if stereotypes are not formed mostly on first impressions. Their relative stability seems to me to be similar to thosedescribed in attachment theory. Along such lines of thought I'm left to wonder if, not unlike the attachment styles described in attachment theory, stereotypes might only be changed if an individual is to experience an extremely good, or bad relationship with a stereotype object. From what I've gathered from others, the individuation of stereotype objects seems to lead to subtyping, but I wonder if having a deep and meaningful relationship with a stereotype object might not lead to a change in attitude towards the stereotype, whether it be implicit or explicit.

Hmm..