Tessa Perkins 5 assumptions...

Stereotyping has tended to suggest that it is wrong to see people in categories. Yet in the field of social psychology it has long been recognised that categorisation is a fundamental process necessary for humans to make sense of the world. Humans need to impose structure on events, experiences and people. I agree with all of Tessa Perkins assumptions although I believe it is wrong to stereotype people, even though some stereotypes are positive.


Stereotypes are not always negative...
there are many examples for this; for example, the characters in the
‘big bang theory’ are standard geeks, we know this from the way they are: clothing, language, body language. But it also has a bad view where as geeks are not very sociable or popular people. But here are some others, 'Americans are friendly' and 'Black people are better at football'

They are not always about minority groups or the less powerful...
this is also true, some stereotypes can be about bigger groups.
An example of this is 'Rich people are posh.'
made in Chelsea is a good example of this as most of the characters on the program are rich and have lots of money and flash cars, and are always going out. Most people in the Chelsea are rich and posh not just one person in Chelsea.


They can be held about one's own group...
It is well known that African people joke about how other African people are great at football. This proves that people stereotype their own group.
Also teenagers openly talk about how other teenagers go around stealing and being thugs. This is stereotyping in your own group.

They are not rigid or unchanging...


They are not always false...
I disagree; I believe that stereotyping is wrong, and that a certain race or group shouldn't be referred to as one. Everybody is different and nobody is the same as someone else.