This document describes a stereotyping questionnaire assignment where students were asked to develop stereotypes about 12 different types of people. For each type of person, the student provided a brief stereotypical description. The assignment was designed to get students to think about common stereotypes in society and later evaluate them as a class. Some of the stereotypes described people as lazy, rude, snobby, or unhealthy based on their occupation, age, gender, or other attributes.

1. Stereotyping Questionnaire Assignment
Description: This assignment was designed to develop various stereotypes or assumptions about
several people that were pre-determined. Then, as a class we evaluated these stereotypes which
allowed us to compare how we view people within society.
Assignment:
Ashley Jarrell
FYS 100
Due: 9/22/2014
Stereotyping Questionnaire
Stereotype Description
1. A businessman A person that either owns and operates his/her
own company and is highly skilled in managing
finance and general money-making techniques.
Typically is always using a cell phone and
spends a lot of time away from home.
2. A rich person A person that possesses an abundance of money
and uses it to possibly live a lavish lifestyle.
Mostly these individuals like to show off what
they have and drive fancy cars while wearing
fancy clothes.
3. A typical person your age A person that is probably a student and spends
most of his/her time studying, hanging out with
friends, or in some cases working a part-time
job.
4. A poor person An individual who struggles from lack of
monetary means and in-turn, lacks clothing,
food, water, or shelter. They often beg for
money and are too lazy to get a job.
5. A smart student An individual who is quite studious through
activities such as note-taking, preparing for
exams, and staying attentive in class time
which results in a high absorption of knowledge
for said individual. They typically don’t have
many friends and don’t get out much.
6. A stubborn person An individual who typically doesn’t sway from

2. a particular mindset and has difficulty being
persuaded. They are often quite rude and
because of that they have no friends.
7. A young mother A woman who is typically in her teenage years
or early twenties who is raising a child. She is
seen as a whore and a lazy person.
8. An old person An individual who is about the age of sixty five
who may have health issues or be generally
feeble. They are sometimes grouchy and enjoy
picking on the younger generations.
9. A foreigner From a U.S. citizens’ perspective, a person who
is from outside of the United States. They
usually talk fast and wear clothes that are too
big for them.
10. A stock trader A person who aims for financial gain through
the stock market by selling stocks. They are
quite snobby and drive fancy cars in nice
business suits.
11. A bus driver A person who has the occupation of operating
a school bus to transport students to and from
from school, field trips, sporting events etc.
Most of the time they are fat and aren’t
are single.
12. A singer An individual who is a singing professional
and uses it as a career, or an individual that
sings for enjoyment through competitions,
church choirs, bands, etc. They typically love
to talk about themselves and stare at
themselves in the mirror all day.