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Amy is the only one person in her class who is not traditionally college-aged. She is much older. She will need to be sure not to __________ her classmates by assuming they are all the same just because they are of the same generation.

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stereotype

Step-by-step explanation:

Stereotype: In social psychology, the term stereotype is defined as the tendency of an individual to develop mistaken ideas or beliefs that he or she can have about a particular group, person, or thing based on the outside appearance which may be considered as partly true or untrue.

Example: A man feels that women are less hardworking than men.

In the question above, the given statement represents the stereotype.

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