A mental picture or image of a group of people, ascribing the same characteristic(s) to all members of the group, regardless of their individual experiences. An overgeneralization, in which the information or experiences on which the image is based may be true for some of the individual group members, but not for all members. Stereotyping may be based upon misconceptions, incomplete information and/or false generalizations about race, age, ethnic, linguistic, geographical or national groups, religions, social, marital or family status, physical, developmental or mental attributes, gender or sexual orientation, or other similar factors.
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