a poison apple, an explosive chair, but they're typically true.

有毒的苹果会爆炸的椅子但它们通常是正确的
And if you were suddenly stripped of your ability to make generalizations,

如果你突然失去归纳的能力
you'd be at a loss. You wouldn't know what to eat, how to interact.

你会不知所措你不知道吃什么不知道怎么与人交往
So, some sort of ability to record information and make generalizations

所以记录信息和归纳能力
is absolutely essential to making it through life.

在我们生活中必不可少
What's interesting though is we also categorize types of people.

有趣的是我们也会对人类进行归类
So, we have stereotypes in our heads about men and women,

我们有各种刻板印象男人女人
about children, adolescents or adults, whites, blacks, Asians and so on.

儿童青少年成人白人黑人亚洲人等等
Now, this is not essentially a bad thing for a couple of reasons.

但刻板印象不都是坏事情下面有两个原因
First, some of these stereotypes are positive.

第一有些刻板印象是积极的
You might have positive stereotypes about certain groups.

你可能对某些群体有积极的刻板印象
You might believe some groups are unusually creative or intelligent.

你可能会认为某些群体比较有创造力或是聪明