stereotype

Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a nursing home, or has the industry simply hired better interior designers? Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype ? Can doing one's homework really steer families to the best places? It is genuinely hard to know.

Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity (阳刚), the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to conform to a stereotype.

Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to conform to a stereotype that men should be "masterful and in charge" in relationships

I've experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students that have both broken down stereotypes and reinforced stereotypes," said one Penn resident advisor (RA).

Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype?

The survey shows us that today's teens are affectionate, sensible and far happier than the angry and tortured souls that have been painted for us by stereotypes.

That statement comes not, as you might imagine, from a stereotypical tree-hugging, save-the-world greenie , but from Gordon Brown, a politician with a reputation for rigour, thoroughness and above all, caution.

Contrary to some stereotypes, most adolescents believe they must be tolerant of differences among individuals environment of high school).

The university has poured resources into peer counseling to help students from inner-city schools adjust to the rigor (严格要求) and faster pace of a university classroom –and also to help minority students overcome the stereotype that they are less qualified.

To tackle the problem of graduation gap, the University of Wisconsin-Madison helps minority students get over the stereotype that that they are less qualified

We suspect they felt inspired and energised by his victory, so the stereotype threat wouldn't prove a distraction," says Friedman.

The traits that characterise him are very contradictory to the racial stereotypes that black people are aggressive and uneducated," says Ashby Plant of Florida State University.

We think it happens to help people preserve their beliefs, so they can still hold on to the previous stereotypes

The worst possible aspect of the Obama effect is that people could ignore his race altogether and continue to hold on to their old racial stereotypes.

That's a ridiculous stereotype.

Somehow the old male and female stereotypes no longer fit.

The old stereotypes of men's and women's work have been changing more quickly than ever before, except perhaps in my own marriage

The old stereotypes about men and women.

And if the sources don't give you an accurate depiction, your stereotype won't be accurate.

Stereotype may sound like a bad word, but there is nothing bad about it.

"School in the family of vocational education have that stereotype...that it's for kids who can't make it academically," he says.

School in the family of vocational education "have that stereotype...that it's for kids who can't make it academically," he says.