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Gender and cultural stereotypes of Czech highschool students

RAŠTICOVÁ, Martina and Stanislav JEŽEK

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

Language

Czech

Type of outcome

Audiovizuální tvorba

Field of Study

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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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

International impact
Změněno: 13/1/2009 22:08, doc. PhDr. Martina Rašticová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

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.

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