Question

Steve approached Takumi after math class to see if he could get some help with his homework. He sought out Takumi because he is Asian American and so Steve assumed that he must be really good at math. Steve's belief about Takumi's skills is known as a:

Answer 1

Answer:

Prejudice or stereotype

Explanation:

If you think someone is good/bad of something due to their ethnicity or any underlying non related factors.

Prejudice definition.

1 : a liking or dislike for one rather than another especially without good reason She has a prejudice against department stores. 2 : a feeling of unfair dislike directed against an individual or a group because of some characteristic (as race or religion) 3 : injury or damage to a person's rights.

Stereotype definition.

noun

1.

a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

"the stereotype of the woman as the carer"

Similar:

standard/conventional image

received idea

cliché

hackneyed idea

formula

2.

a relief printing plate cast in a mold made from composed type or an original plate.

verb

view or represent as a stereotype.

"the city is too easily stereotyped as an industrial wasteland"

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