1. The inaccuracy of national character stereotypes
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Daniel R. Miramontez, Emília Ficková, Katsuharu Nakazato, Marleen De Bolle, Margarida Lima, Jüri Allik, Tatyana V. Avdeyeva, Florence Nansubuga, Paul T. Costa, Mami Yamaguchi, Hyun nie Ahn, Chang kyu Ahn, Iris Marušić, Denis Bratko, Jérôme Rossier, Thomas R. Cain, Lidia Alcalay, Verónica Benet-Martínez, Wayne Chan, Thomas A. Martin, Michelle Yik, Martina Hřebíčková, V. S. Pramila, Yoshiko Shimonaka, Jarret T. Crawford, Lei Wang, Khairul Anwar Mastor, Jane Shakespeare-Finch, Maria E. Aguilar-Vafaie, Goran Knežević, Mirona Gheorghiu, Danka Purić, Waldemar Klinkosz, Antonio Terracciano, Robert R. McCrae, Andrzej Sekowski, Anu Realo, Barbara Szmigielska, Jerzy Siuta, Peter B. Smith, Franco Simonetti, Jean Pierre Rolland, Sylvie Graf, Filip De Fruyt, Nora Leibovich de Figueora, Corinna E. Löckenhoff, Jamin Halberstadt, Vanina Schmidt, Norma Reátigui, Claudio Barbaranelli, Lee Jussim, Marina Brunner-Sciarra, Department of psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey [New Brunswick] (RU), Rutgers University System (Rutgers)-Rutgers University System (Rutgers), Centre de Recherche sur le Sport et le Mouvement (CeRSM), Université Paris Nanterre (UPN), Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), University of Sussex, and Peking University [Beijing]
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stereotypes ,Social Psychology ,five-factor model ,media_common.quotation_subject ,purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.01.00 [https] ,050109 social psychology ,Stereotype ,Female adolescent ,personality traints ,Article ,050105 experimental psychology ,national character ,National character ,Stereotypes ,Five-Factor Model ,Personality traits ,Cross-cultural ,CIENCIAS SOCIALES ,cross-cultural ,Perception ,Personality ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Big Five personality traits ,10. No inequality ,purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1 [https] ,General Psychology ,media_common ,purl.org/becyt/ford/5 [https] ,4. Education ,05 social sciences ,[SDV.NEU.SC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Cognitive Sciences ,personality traits ,Emotion Cognition et Comportement ,Psicología ,Character (mathematics) ,[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology ,Trait ,Psychology ,Social psychology - Abstract
Consensual stereotypes of some groups are relatively accurate, whereas others are not. Previous work suggesting that national character stereotypes are inaccurate has been criticized on several grounds. In this article we (a) provide arguments for the validity of assessed national mean trait levels as criteria for evaluating stereotype accuracy and (b) report new data on national character in 26 cultures from descriptions (N = 3323) of the typical male or female adolescent, adult, or old person in each. The average ratings were internally consistent and converged with independent stereotypes of the typical culture member, but were weakly related to objective assessments of personality. We argue that this conclusion is consistent with the broader literature on the inaccuracy of national character stereotypes. Fil: McCrae, Robert R.. No especifica; Fil: Chan, Wayne. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Jussim, Lee. Rutgers University; Estados Unidos Fil: De Fruyt, Filip. University of Ghent; Bélgica Fil: Löckenhoff, Corinna E.. Cornell University; Estados Unidos Fil: Leibovich, Nora Blanca. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Schmidt, Vanina Ines. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Miramontez, Daniel R.. San Diego Community College District. Office of Institutional Research and Planning; Estados Unidos Fil: Benet Martínez, Veronica. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats; España Fil: Rossier, Jérôme. Universite de Lausanne; Suiza Fil: Bratko, Denis. University of Zagreb; Croacia Fil: Marušić, Iris. Institute for Social Research in Zagreb; Croacia Fil: Halberstadt, Jamin. University of Otago; Nueva Zelanda Fil: Yamaguchi, Mami. University of Otago; Nueva Zelanda Fil: Knežević, Goran. Belgrade University; Serbia Fil: Purić, Danka. Belgrade University; Serbia Fil: Martin, Thomas A.. Susquehanna University; Estados Unidos Fil: Gheorghiu, Mirona. Queens University; Reino Unido Fil: Smith, Peter B.. University Of Sussex; Reino Unido Fil: Barbaranelli, Claudio. La Sapienza University; Italia Fil: Wang, Lei. Peking University; China Fil: Shakespeare Finch, Jane. Queensland University of Technology; Australia Fil: Lima, Margarida P.. Universidad de Coimbra; Portugal Fil: Klinkosz, Waldemar. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; Polonia Fil: Sekowskil, Andrzej. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; Polonia Fil: Alcalay, Lidia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Chile Fil: Simonetti, Franco. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Chile Fil: Avdeyeva, Tatyana V.. University of St. Thomas; Estados Unidos Fil: Pramila, V. S.. Andhra Pradesh. Visakhapatnam; India Fil: Terracciano, Antonio. Florida State University College of Medicine; Estados Unidos
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