Stereotypes During the Decline and Fall of Communism [Paperback]

Unique among the satellites of the Soviet Union, Hungary has data from a series of fourteen substantial surveys from the mid-1960s through to 1994. How do Hungarians think about themselves, their history, their society and other countries and their peoples? Hunyady provides an excellent summary of investigations examining these questions, analysing them against the background of the social psychology literature of stereotypes.Hunyady provides a summary of unique data from a series of 14 substantial surveys from the mid-1960s through to 1994 on how Hungarians viewed themselves and others.1 Stereotype systems research 2 The cognitive domain of nations: I National categories and attitudes 3 The cognitive domain of nations: II National stereotypes 4 The domain of societal categories: perception of occupational groups and class relations 5 The domain of historical periods: beliefs about 20th-century history 6 Stability of and changes in stereotypes: resultsGy?rgy Hunyady is Professor of Social Psychology at E?tv?s Lor?nd University, Budapest, Hungary, and has published widely in Hungarian and English, mainly in the fields of social perception, belief systems and cognitive psychologyUS? 1998 Gy?rgy Hunyady