Gender and cultural stereotypes of Czech highschool students

RAŠTICOVÁ, Martina and Stanislav JEŽEK. Gender and cultural stereotypes of Czech highschool students. 2008.

Basic information

• Original name: Gender and cultural stereotypes of Czech highschool students
• Name in Czech: Genderové a kulturní stereotypy českých středoškolských studentů
• Name (in English): Gender and cultural stereotypes of Czech highschool students
• Authors: RAŠTICOVÁ, Martina (203 Czech Republic, guarantor) and Stanislav JEŽEK (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: 2008.

Other information

• Original language: Czech
• Type of outcome: Audiovisual works
• Field of Study: 50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/08:00027387
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Keywords in English: gender stereotypes; cultural stereotypes; adolescence; unfinished sentence
• Tags: adolescence, cultural stereotypes, gender stereotypes, unfinished sentence
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

Presented study focuses on the influence of gender and cultural background on stereotypes of Czech highschool students. Portraits of four young adults (two women and two men) from three different cultural backgrounds (European, Middle-East, and African) were subjects of this exploration. A group of 110 seventeen-year-old Czech high school students were asked to describe the person in the picture: his/her character, wishes, hobbies, his/her future life, and if there is any possibility that they could become friends with the person in the picture. Qualitative analysis of these unfinished sentences revealed that women and the African man were described in terms of warmth, expressiveness and communion; at the same time, these people were perceived as less competent. The white man was characterized in terms of instrumentality, competence and agency. The description of the white man had a negative connotation more often than did the description of the other three people.

Abstract (in English)

Presented study focuses on the influence of gender and cultural background on stereotypes of Czech highschool students. Portraits of four young adults (two women and two men) from three different cultural backgrounds (European, Middle-East, and African) were subjects of this exploration. A group of 110 seventeen-year-old Czech high school students were asked to describe the person in the picture: his/her character, wishes, hobbies, his/her future life, and if there is any possibility that they could become friends with the person in the picture. Qualitative analysis of these unfinished sentences revealed that women and the African man were described in terms of warmth, expressiveness and communion; at the same time, these people were perceived as less competent. The white man was characterized in terms of instrumentality, competence and agency. The description of the white man had a negative connotation more often than did the description of the other three people.

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• MSM0021622406, plan (intention): Name: Psychologické a sociální charakteristiky dětí, mládeže a rodiny, vývoj osobnosti v době proměn moderní společnosti

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Psychological and social characteristics of children, youth and families, development of the personality in the time of changes of modern society