Cross cultural understanding: a handbook to understand others’ cultures

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Kinds of Stereotypes 
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Nationality stereotypes 
Generalizations about cultures or nationalities can 
be a source of pride, anger or simply bad jokes. Some 
people say that in all stereotype there is some basis in 
reality, as they don‘t develop in vacuum. Nationality 
stereotype is a system of culture-specific beliefs 
connected with the nationality of a person. This system 
includes beliefs concerning those properties of human 
beings that may vary across nations, such as appearance, 
language, food, habits, psychological traits, attitudes, 
values etc.‖ 
Here are some national stereotypes famous in the 
world: 
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