National Stereotypes as a Function of Conflict and Territorial Proximity: A Test of the Mirror Image Hypothesis
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Social Psychology
- Vol. 101 (1), 13-19
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1977.9923979
Abstract
In a test of the mirror image hypothesis, data were obtained from 429 men and women college students in Colombia and Venezuela on an open-ended questionnaire and a semantic differential. Ss evaluated own- and other-country nationals, as well as other Latin American countries. A mirror image phenomenon was found in the semantic differential part but not in the open-ended format. Results are discussed in terms of the mirror image hypothesis as a function of territorial proximity and conflict but only within the evaluative dimensions of a stereotype.Keywords
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