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An overgeneralization about an entire group of people is _____.

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the vocabulary word is stereotype
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The right answer is the stereotype.

In social psychology, a stereotype is:

* A belief that a person maintains about the characteristics of the members of an outgroup;

* A generalization affecting a group of people and differentiating them from others. Stereotypes can be over-generalized, inaccurate and resist new information.

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