When a labor and delivery nurse tells a coworker that an Asian client probably did not want any pain medication because "Asian women typically are stoic," the nurse is expressing a belief known as what?

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The nurse is expressing a stereotype, a widely held but oversimplified and generalized belief about a particular group. The statement that Asian women are "typically stoic" suggests that the nurse believes that all Asian women share this trait, which is not necessarily true.

When a Labor and Delivery Nurse Tells a Coworker That