A Stereotype is a someone who fits into a characterised group according to the attributes they have.
This is mainly what people think of others and so put them in a certain group.
Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination are all seen as being related but have different concepts. Stereotypes are mainly seen as the most cognitive component and often occurs without us being aware of it, with prejudice it is the affective component of stereotyping and discrimination is the behavioural component of the prejudicial reactions. Although they relate to each other, the three concepts can individually exist of each other.
By stereotyping we give a person a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume other members of that certain group have. Stereotypes tend to lead in to categorisation, which is one of the different reasons for prejudice attitudes such as referring to different groups with "them" and "us", this then tends to lead into in-groups and out-groups
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