Question

Mr. Rogers thinks that all teenagers are reckless, promiscuous, irresponsible delinquents. Mr. Rogers appears to be associating qualities that are unrelated to the objective evidence that define all members of this particular age group. Mr. Rogers is demonstrating:

Answer 1

Stereotype

Step-by-step explanation:

In sociology, the term stereotype refers to a thought that is widely adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of behaving intended to represent the entire group of those individuals. In other words, it refers to thoughts about a certain group that do not necessarily represent said group.

In this example, Mr. Rogers thinks that teenagers are reckless, promiscuous and irresponsible delinquents. He is associating this qualities to the evidence that define all members of this group. Therefore, he is having specific ideas or thoughts about the characteristics of teenagers without any real evidence, therefore, this thoughts do not represent said group and this would be an example of using stereotypes.