In the person lies the desire to simplify and systematize, whether written on the desktop or life priorities. Stereotypes are precisely designed to systematize a large amount of information. This essay will closely consider the social stereotype, as a simplified image of social objects shared by a relatively large number of members of different social groups. These stereotypes can relate to completely different subjects, be it the initial attitude to a profession, sexual orientation, or political position. But at the same time they are the lowest form of consciousness of social reality, because higher forms of its cognition are inaccessible. For sure, therefore, stereotypes are often simply adopted on faith, not supported by own observations, which in many cases are impossible. So, all social stereotypes are primarily aimed not at saving thought energy for evaluating complex and heterogeneous information, but for understanding social reality.
