A belief about the characteristics of members of a group that are applied generally to most members of the group is known as a(n)

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A stereotype is a generalization about a group of people that is often oversimplified and based on limited information or personal experiences. It can lead to prejudice, or negative attitudes or feelings toward a particular group, and can also result in the fundamental attribution error, which is the tendency to overemphasize dispositional explanations for others' behavior rather than situational ones. Self-serving bias, on the other hand, is the tendency to attribute positive events to oneself and negative events to external factors.

A Belief About the Characteristics of Members of a Group