A nursing instructor is working with a Native-American student nurse. When the student is late for the first clinical day, the instructor states, "I'm not surprised she's late; Native-American students are always late."
The instructor's statement is an example of
a. prejudice.
b. stereotyping.
c. ethnocentrism.
d. discrimination.
ANS: B
Stereotyping is an assumption used to describe all members of a specific group without exception. It is an expectation that all individuals in a group will act exactly the same in a situation just because they are members of that group. Stereotyping ignores the individual differences that occur within every cultural group.
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