Asian Student Stereotypes

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A stereotype is described as predisposed idea of a group of people or things that are similar. Stereotypes exist now more than ever, many of us have some kind of stereotype in some way or form. Most of the stereotypes heard are often negative but there are examples of positive stereotypes (Madon, S., Jussim, L., Keiper, S., Eccles, J., Smith, A., & Palumbo, P., 1998). In this paper I will discuss the accuracy of a stereotype. The stereotype that I will be discussing is Asian students being smart. I want to test and see if there is any validity to this, especially compared to American

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