What Is Stereotyping?

Stereotyping is a popular generalization of a group of people. Stereotypes affect the way that individuals perform on different activities. When someone tells you that you are better at something because your race or gender, you do better in that activity then someone told they are bad. Stereotypes affect the ways people think about themselves and the way that they perform.
Stereotypes can become self fulfilling prophecies. In a study, woman watched ads of a woman trying to get into college and acting dumb, then took a test. The women who watched the video scored worse than the women who did not watch the video. The stereotype gets into your head and you start to think that way. Accepting women into a selective college enlarged the stereotype