Seeing a person primarily as having the characteristics of a group is also called
A) primacy and recency.
B) self-fulfilling prophecy.
C) implicit personality theories.
D) stereotypes.

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Stereotypes are fixed, overly simplistic, and exaggerated beliefs about a group of people. When we think of someone as solely representing their social group and ignore their individual characteristics, we are using stereotypes to judge them.

Seeing a Person Primarily as Having the Characteristics of a Group