I learnt that a stereotype is a fixed, over generalized
belief about a particular group or class of people. Examples of this may
include a homeless man wearing old, dirty and ratty clothes. I also learnt that
there are also advantages to stereotypes as I thought overall it was all
negative. I learnt that an advantage of stereotypes is that it enables us to
respond rapidly to situations because we may have had a similar experience
before. However there is also a disadvantage that it is harder for us to
recognise individuals. I learnt that by stereotyping we infer that a person has
a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of
that group have. Stereotypes lead to social categorization, which is one of the
reasons for people becoming prejudice.
Good work. You seem to have understood the general idea but don't refer to an example of anti-stereotypes.
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