stereotype

A stereotype is “...a fixed, over

generalized belief about a particular
group or class of people.”

(Cardwell, 1996).
Stereotyping is assuming that “they’re all alike.”

It’s looking at a whole group of people and

assuming that they all share certain qualities.
Cultural/national stereotypes 
Cultural/national stereotypes
 
are both descriptive and
prescriptive in nature: they are
perceivers' shared beliefs
about the characteristics of
the target group and at the
same time they also function
as social expectations.