What stereotypes facilitate quick & appropriate judgements?

[maneesha]

How could the content be improved?

The curriculum offers an example of an stereotype as making a quick decision stopping a child from driving a car. I am not sure how we are supposed to interpret that. I think that is supposed to mean that the stereotype of a child is that they do not think rationally and don't think about safety so we stop them from doing something that we would not stop an adult from doing.

However, I don't think that is an example of a stereotype. You stop a child from driving a car because they can not legally drive a car, not because of a stereotype about children.

I don't know what an example of a stereotype that "can facilitate quick judgements in appropriate situations" would be. Opening this issue for discussion.

Which part of the content does your suggestion apply to?

https://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/09-eia.html#systemic-exclusion

[gcapes]

I don't think the issue here is a legal one - you wouldn't want a child to try to drive a car because kids mostly can't drive, and are mostly too small to reach the controls and see out of the windscreen. So you'd try to stop them to avoid an accident, rather than to stop them breaking the law. This isn't really a stereotype about kids either, because stereotypes are oversimplifications and it's hardly an oversimplification to say that most kids can't drive.

I think this section would benefit from a definition of stereotype underneath the heading "What are stereotypes?" which currently doesn't explain what a stereotype is.