GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
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stereotypes help organize information about the social world
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stereotypes make is easier to interpret the behavior of others
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people assume that people different from themselves are similar to each other
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some psychologists believe that although stereotypes can be absorbed at any age, stereotypes are usually acquired in early childhood under the influence of parents, teachers, peers, and the media. If stereotypes are defined by social values, then stereotypes only change as per changes in social values.
Detailed explanation-2: -A stereotype is an over-simplified and unjustified opinion about others. It is problematic because it ignores diversity among individuals. Stereotypes are intentional because images are created and fixed on people.
Detailed explanation-3: -Stereotype is most frequently now employed to refer to an often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic.
Detailed explanation-4: -Stereotypes are characteristics that society instinctively attributes to groups of people to classify them according to age, weight, occupation, skin colour, gender, etc. Sexual stereotyping involves associating girls and boys with separate and, at times, opposing sets of characteristics.