EXPLORATIONS IN THE PROCESS OF STEREOTYPING NATIONAL GROUPS.

Abstract

It was hypothesized that the greater one's affection for a foreign group, the more similar will be the stereotype of that group to that of one's own group. Also it was hypothesized that this stereotype similarity decreases with increasing familiarity with the group for favored groups and increases with increasing familiarity for unfavored groups. The stereotypes of five national groups including the respondents' own group were measured with a newly developed instrument wherein the Ss rate each group in terms of the 15 EPPS needs. Affection for and familiarity with the foreign groups was measured with rating scales. The results indicate that the respondents did have consistent impressions as to the characters of the groups. Furthermore, these stereotypes differed from one another in varying degrees and a method of visually representing the similarities among the stereotypes is presented. The data only partially confirmed the specified hypotheses. Reasons for the lack of complete confirmation are discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0638339

Entities

People

  • F. K. Berrien
  • Mario Abate

Organizations

  • University of HawaiĘ»i System

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Behavioral Disciplines And Activities
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Canada
  • Continents
  • Cooperation
  • Geographic Regions
  • Group Dynamics
  • Human Behavior
  • Hypotheses
  • New Brunswick
  • Personality

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.