Stereotypes

A stereotype is referred to a thought that might be adopted by different types of individuals about different types of doing things of performance of particular actions. It is important to understand that the particular belief that an individual carries might be correct and might not. The above mentioned definition of stereotype is a basic psychological definition of a stereotype. In the entire subject of psychology, there are different concepts and definitions that are present regarding stereotyping that further expand the definition of stereotyping. It is observed that some of the definitions of stereotyping may share some common aspects, while others may possess unique aspects that may further contradict or complement the other aspects in other different definitions (Schneider, pp. 108). The core focus of this paper is to share and discuss a stereotype and bias that is carried in my mentality and the ways in which my biasness may hurt a certain group towards which my biasness is targeted