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stereotypes and stereotyping  

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  • Definition A stereotype is a generalized belief about the characteristics that are associated with the members of a social group. In 1922, the journalist Walter Lippmann first popularized the term stereotype, which he described as the image people have in their heads of what a social group is like. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Stereotypes and Stereotyping]

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