Stereotyping - Tessa Perkins (1979)

Stereotyping is not a simple process and contains a number of assumptions that can be challenged.

Five Assumptions:

• Stereotypes are not always negative

• They are not always about minority groups or the less powerful

• They can be held about one’s own group

• They are not rigid or unchanging

• They are not always false

Stereotyping is not a simple process. Many ways they are assumed to operate aren’t true.