Simplified and inaccurate beliefs about groups of people are called
a. ethnicity
b. diversity
c. stereotypes
d. distinctions

A simplified and inaccurate belief about groups of people are called stereotypes, letter C. It could be positive or negative belief or idea of what the group is like. For example, a man believes that vegetable eaters are all healthy – that is a positive stereotype. But the man can also believe that vegetable eaters don’t care about the environment which is a negative stereotype.