Your text argues that the relationship between schemas and stereotypes is that __________.

A) schemas arise when group stereotypes are applied to individuals
B) stereotypes arise when schemas are simplified and applied to groups
C) stereotypes arise when several schemas are combined into a more complex perceptual gestalt
D) schemas consist of a combination of stereotypes

Schemas

Cognitive structures or frameworks that help organize and interpret information, based on previous experience, to understand and respond to new situations.

Stereotypes

Schemas that are often negative and are used to categorize complex groups of people.

Group Stereotypes

Widely held but fixed and oversimplified images or ideas of a particular type of person or thing within a group.