It's funny that the first thing I remember studying in psychology — almost 5 years ago — was stereotypes, and that the last psychology essay I'll write for the foreseeable future (unless this plays into my dissertation) will also be on stereotypes.
I remember talking to my psychology teacher back then about being undecided as to whether I should do a psychology or language degree. She said I should do language first, then do psychology, because linguistic knowledge would help me in psychological research. 5 years later, it's all come together: stereotypes and real world knowledge, and their effects on linguistic processing.