stereotyping

stereotyping
Making assumptions about individuals or groups based on information (which may or may not be valid) obtained before the individual or group has been encountered. Once encountered, opinions formed may be based on dress, speech, gender, ethnic origin, nationality, and gestures. Unfortunately, human beings are liable to have selective prejudices towards their fellows, seeing only what they want to see and ignoring factors that do not fit in with their preconceived beliefs. They also tend to assume that all the individuals of a group have the same, or similar, characteristics. Thus:
• all graduates are clever
• all unemployed people are lazy are two of the stereotypes that have to be resisted in carrying out job selection interviews. See also horns and halo effect

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  • stereotyping — ➡ political correctness * * * …   Universalium

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  • stereotyping — See: stereotype …   English dictionary

  • stereotyping —   the act of portraying a particular character (or group) with a formulaic, conforming, exaggerated, and oversimplified representation, usually offensive and distorted   Example: in Breakfast at Tiffany s (1961), the portrayal of Audrey Hepburn s …   Glossary of cinematic terms

  • stereotyping — noun Etymology: from gerund of stereotype (II) : the process, craft, or business of making stereotypes …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Paper stereotyping — Изготовление бумажных матриц …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • Stereotype — For other uses, see Stereotype (disambiguation). A stereotype is a popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of stereotype and prejudice are often confused with many other different meanings. Stereotypes… …   Wikipedia

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