The nurse suspects that an adolescent patient from the inner city stereotypes other people. Which statement did the patient make that caused the nurse to come to this conclusion?
A) "Kids who study are just nerds.".
B) "All people who live in the suburbs drive big cars.".
C) "City people are smarter than those who live in the suburbs.".
D) "I stay away from people who live downtown because they look funny.".
B
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Stereotyping is expecting a person to act in a characteristic way without regard to his or her individual traits. Ethnocentrism is the belief one's own culture is superior to all others as exemplified by the statement, "City people are smarter than those who live in the suburbs.". Discrimination is treating people differently based on their physical or cultural traits, or by performing an act. The statements that exemplify discrimination are "kids who study are just nerds" and "I stay away from people who live downtown because they look funny.".
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