Twenty-six-year-old Anna began teaching at a large university immediately upon completion of her Ph.D. One student said, "You can't be our physics professor. You're not a middle-aged white guy." His description of a professor can best be defined as a(n)
A) value.
B) attitude.
C) stereotype.
D) comparison.

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The student's assumption about what a physics professor should look like (a middle-aged white guy) is a stereotype, which is a fixed, overgeneralized belief about a particular group or class of people.

Twenty-Six-Year-Old Anna Began Teaching at a Large University Immediately Upon