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Psychologists have shown that stereotypes are nonetheless helpful for human beings - it helps cut down on the information to be processed if the brain can make assumptions about a person upon first meeting, thus preserving processing power.<ref>http://www.simplypsychology.org/katz-braly.html</ref> As a result, stereotyping is unlikely to disappear.
Psychologists have shown that stereotypes are nonetheless helpful for human beings - it helps cut down on the information to be processed if the brain can make assumptions about a person upon first meeting, thus preserving processing power.<ref>http://www.simplypsychology.org/katz-braly.html</ref> As a result, stereotyping is unlikely to disappear.
==Political language in mainstream media==
==Stereotypical language in mainstream media==
Examples of stereotypical language which, rightly or wrongly, have been used by [[mainstream media]] and attribute the characteristics of a limited number within a group to all members of a larger group are:
Examples of stereotypical language which, rightly or wrongly, have been used by [[mainstream media]] and attribute the characteristics of a limited number within a group to all members of a larger group are: