The term stereotype derives from the Greek words (stereos), "firm, solid" and (typos), "impression, “hence "solid impression."A stereotype is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things. These thoughts or beliefs may or may not accurately reflect reality. However, this is only a fundamental psychological definition of a stereotype. Within psychology and other disciplines, there are different conceptualizations and theories of stereotyping that provide their own expanded definition. Some of these definitions share commonalities, though each one may also have unique aspects that may contradict the others.Any time you grouping races or individuals together and make a judgment about them without knowing them, this is an example of a stereotype. Racial remarks, sexual remarks, and gender remarks are the biggest stereotypes.
A stereotype is when an opinion is formed about a person catorgerising them to a certain group of people based on either class, looks, gender or background they belong to. There is a lot of stereotyping in the media to make TV, Newspapers and Films more interesting for us to watch and read. They also exist in everyday life for some people to make the world easier to understand.
Stereotype Examples
Blacks
One of the more common stereotype examples is stereotypes surrounding those who are Black. Saying that all Blacks are good at sports is a stereotype, because it’s grouping the race together to indicate that everyone of that race is a good athlete.
Men and Women
There are also some common stereotypes of men and women, such as:
Men are strong and do all the work.
Men are the "backbone."
Women aren't as smart as a man.
Girls are not good at sports.
Cultures
Stereotypes also exist about cultures in countries as a whole. Stereotype examples of this sort include the premises that:
All white Americans are fat, lazy, and dim-witted. Homer Simpson of the TV series