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> people shouldn't put stock in them when making a moral judgment about an individual

This is exactly what the article suggests people do, and finds that they do in real life.

"If people relied on their stereotypes more or less rationally, they would rely on them to inform judgments when they had little or no definitive information, but ignore them when they had definitive information. And it turns out this is just what most people do."