Current Event Assignment One A prototype when it comes to social psychology is the idea of people attributing common traits or things to members of different groups. It is very similar to stereotyping when people are trying to make connections between different things. We use these prototypes to quickly sort out what we might first interpret. For example, it is a stereotype that people who wear glasses are more intelligent. We have a prototype of what we think an intelligent individual might look like and put that basis on what we see within our world. Because prototypes are also a common basis for most people, with general publics holding similar prototypes, as societies views change about certain topics then so then their prototypes.