Generalizations About a Group's Preferences and Tendencies Become Stereotyping When

question 75

Multiple Choice

Generalizations about a group's preferences and tendencies become stereotyping when ________.

• A)they are based on research or second-hand accounts rather than personal experience
• B)those generalizations are made by known racists
• C)you make generalizations about a group's preferences and tendencies at all. Any time you generalize about a culture, you are stereotyping
• D)the generalizations you make about the group are inflexibly applied to individuals of that group
• E)those generalizations are demeaning or negative

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