In the established political system of liberal nation-states built up on a principle of coherence between culture and nation as territorially defined groups, the occurrence of cultural differences has brought to the dissolution of this formula crucial for a unity of a nation-state. Nationalism holds that cultural differences are results of a hierarchy between “us” and “them” and consequently th...

tive cues are certainly salient in the perception that a neighborhood is “disorderly.” But so too, we argue, are cultural stereotypes about disorder in American society. In the research summarized in this article we set aside the usual questions about whether disorder is linked to crime or poor health. Instead we examine what predicts individuals’ perceptions that disorder, defined in the manne...

Three studies were conducted to examine the mental health stereotypes about gay men among college student and therapist trainee samples. Results from Study 1 indicated that (a) college students and therapist trainees endorsed a stereotype of the mental health of gay men that was similar in terms of its content and strength, and (b) the stereotype was consistent with five DSM-IV-TR disorder cate...

In response to comments by Perugini and Richetin and by Ashton, we discuss the reference-group effect as a potential source of distortion in cross-cultural comparisons and suggest some research designs to test its nature and importance. We argue that laboratory studies of personality are of limited utility in understanding personality questionnaire responses in real life. We summarise evidence ...

OBJECTIVE To know the experiences and perceptions of nurses in providing care and health promotion, women belonging to groups at risk of social vulnerability, applying the model of cultural competence Purnell. DESIGN Phenomenological qualitative study. LOCATION Department of Health Elda. PARTICIPANTS A total of 22 primary care professional volunteers. METHOD Semi-structured interviews a...

Where Hong Kong does feature in international scholarship its characteristics have often been selectively raided to confirm generalised propositions such as the value of free markets, the benefits of whole class instruction, or of cultural homogeneity and/or imperialism. As with all stereotypes they hide as much as they reveal. The tendency to portray Hong Kong in a somewhat stereotyped and cli...

How does culture impact individual’s cognitive complexity? This article reviews evidence suggesting that the relationship between culture and cognitive complexity depends upon the nature of the situation in which complexity is expressed. In addition, two new investigations are summarized. One study reveals that individuals from different cultures are differentially dogmatic on different domains...

The article deals with the question of abstract understanding cultural representation women in Lezgin folklore. Attention is paid to ideas concerning gender stereotypes that differ various ethnic cultures, connection which need consider sociocultural aspect for display factor proverbs and sayings revealed. raised about specific features, according image a woman, presented paremias, mainly repre...

The Unified Modeling Language UML and the Open Modeling Language both have introduced stereotypes as a new means for user-defined extensions of a given base language. Stereotypes are a very powerful feature. They allow modifications ranging from slight notational changes up to the redefinition of the base language. However, the power of stereotypes entails risk. Badly designed stereotypes can d...