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stereotype

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1. The intuitive ability to classify and generalize is undoubtedly a useful feature of life and research, but it carries a high cost, such as in our tendency to stereotype generalizations about people and situations. (2023년 시행 9월 모평 36번)
2. Intuitively and quickly, we mentally sort things into groups based on what we perceive the differences between them to be, and that is the basis for stereotyping. (2023년 시행 9월 모평 36번)
3. The real danger of stereotypes is not their inaccuracy, but their lack of flexibility and their tendency to be preserved, even when we have enough time to stop and consider. (2023년 시행 9월 모평 36번)
4. For most people, the word stereotype arouses negative connotations: it implies a negative bias. (2023년 시행 9월 모평 36번)
5. But, in fact, stereotypes do not differ in principle from all other generalizations; generalizations about groups of people are not necessarily always negative. (2023년 시행 9월 모평 36번)