beliefs about the personal attributes of a social group.”
We then go into what exactly 'accurate' means - it clarifies some nuance and different definition types, and provides their thresholds for degrees of scoring accuracy (r=.4)
In previous older literature with studies they consider to pass certain methodology criteria, they all find significant stereotype accuracy in race, gender, and occupation.
In a recent gender study, they find the stereotype predictions that were inaccurate actually *underestimated* the measured difference between the genders.
Age stereotypes, however, overestimated difference.
Studies are conflicted and spotty but show a trend that people are really bad at stereotyping on the national level, especially when self-stereotyping (e.g., Italians' stereotypes about Italians')
The difference in exaggerated stereotypes between repubs. and democs. is... stereotypical; the right exaggerates the left's stances on-
Also, people consistently seem to believe other people hold more exaggerated stereotypes than they actually do.