MJERENJE PROMJENA NACIONALNIH STEREOTIPA: PRIMJENA METODE SYMLOG-a
MEASUREMENT OF NATIONAL STEREOTYPES' CHANGE USING SYMLOG METHOD

Summary/Abstract: Undergraduate students of psychology, Croats, expressed their perceptions of Croats, Serbs, Slovenians and Albanians on conventional checklists consisting of 57 traits. The research was first conducted in 1991, when the war in Croatia had already started, then was repeated in 1993, and again in 1996, when the war was over. SYMLOG (A System for the Multiple Level Observation of Groups) was used for a content analysis of assessed national stereotypes. A position in three-dimensional interpersonal space was found for each stereotype and presented in field diagrams. We can infer changes in perceptions by observing the movement of images in space. In addition, t-tests were performed to examine significant differences between subjects' perceptions of each nation at each time period, as well as during the time periods. SYMLOG allowed us a more complex interpretation of the subjects' national stereotypes than it would ever be possible based only on simple checklists.

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