Question

Lumping a person into a particular group based on gender, occupation, age, or race is called _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer to the question: Lumping a person into a particular group based on gender, occupation, age, or race is called: stereotyping.

Explanation:

Stereotyping is defined as the categorization of people according to certain aspects, into one group, or another. This clumping, lumping, or categorization is overgeneralized and it shows the perspective that a person, or a group, may have, regarding the age, gender, occupation, or race, of other people. This clumping of people can sometimes be considered as prejudice, and can lead to misunderstandings of the individual person, regardless of whether he/she has similar characteristics to others.

Answer 2

As lumping persons into particular groups based on their gender, age and/or race is labeling and categorizing them, this could be called stereotyping.

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