Implicit bias can include stereotyping.

• A. Microaggressions
• B. Stereotyping
• C. Systemic bias
• D. Prejudice

Answer: (B)

Implicit bias involves automatic, unconscious attitudes or associations about groups. Stereotyping fits as part of that because it is the quick, subconscious generalization that members of a group share certain traits. These generalizations can form without awareness and steer how we perceive, judge, or treat people, often outside our deliberate intention to be fair. Microaggressions describe biased remarks or actions that reveal those underlying beliefs, but they focus on behavior rather than the mental shortcut itself. Systemic bias refers to unfair structures and policies within institutions, not to automatic judgments we make in the moment. Prejudice is a biased attitude toward a group, which can be explicit or implicit, but stereotyping specifically captures the cognitive shortcut at the heart of many implicit biases.