... the content of stereotypes. It assumes that a groups culturally distinctive behaviour or the socio-economic position it finds itself in, could give rise to certain stereotypical perceptions of the group being displayed. For example, a particular ethnic group may have an economically disadvantaged position in society. They may receive poor wages, have high unemployment, live in poor housing conditions and not achieve much in education. Because of these situations, it's easy to see how people can perceive the group as, 'poor', 'lazy' and 'stupid'. Once people start to categorise in this way, they knowingly make certain distinctions. They then exaggerate the attributes given, to the extent that they become stereotypes. Stereotype accuracy For KOT, stereotypes are partly accurate because they may be based upon real and important differences between groups. Stereotypes must have some sort of, 'grain of descriptive truth' about them or else we wouldn't see the existence of so ...

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