Author Question: Stereotypes help us understand why people behave as they do, and they can help guide our behavior. ... (Read 101 times)

ec501234 · **on:** Aug 23, 2018

Stereotypes help us understand why people behave as they do, and they can help guide our behavior. However, they

a. are always negative.
b. are sometimes applied in ways that underestimate the potential of the person we are observing.
c. are resistant to change.
d. always overestimate the abilities of older persons.

Question 2

Socially shared beliefs about characteristics and behaviors of a particular social group are called

a. assumptions.
b. biases.
c. evaluative adjectives.
d. stereotypes.