te end of this chapter to assess yowur G
JeveJl of ethnocentrism. St
Stereotyping
Stereotypes'are'genmeralizationsabGUt
4 group of people that oversimmplify the
groups characteristics. When we ste~
reotype others, we rely on exaggerated
beliefs to make judgrments about an
entlre group of people. Stereotyping
assIgns negative or positive ttaits to 2
members of a group when, in reality,
only afew people may possess those
巴a1ts. AA Inid-1990s study of college
students found that African Armericans
were negatively stereotyped as 1a2y
and Ioud and Jews were descefibed as
shrewd and intelligent.1
You may have heard other coinmon
stereotypes such as, thletes are
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