al stereotypes. Superficial stereotypes are views about a nation which are determined by the historical, international, political factors. They change depending on the situation in the world and society.the superficial stereotypes the deep ones are constant, they do not change; they are the very source for exploration of the nation which is stereotyped.also differentiate social, mental stereotypes, stereotypes of communication and behavior of an individual. Social as well as ethnic stereotypes are of the greatest importance. The notion of the social stereotype is a permanent image or a psychological perception appropriate for members of a definite social group about a phenomenon or a person. It is a simplified form of a thing or a human being with an emotive charge freely spread among representatives of a nation. Its most vivid features are integrity, presence of a so called faulty component, etc. Sometimes its dynamic characteristics are noticed: stability, rigidity and conservatism, which witness about an ability to resist any information that can change it. Social stereotype is considered to be a mirror distorting the social reality, a negative phenomenon as it prevents entire and appropriate mutual understanding.cultural stereotypes are a specific kind of a social one which represents typical traits of any nation. For example, there are stereotypes about the reserve of the Englishmen, the punctuality of the Germans, the eccentrics of the Italians, the hardworking of the Japanese.are widely used for estimation of a person according to his or her social, national or professional characteristics , they are tools of the preliminary recognition which allows a man to simplify a perception; every stereotype has its own scope.
2. Definition and types of prejudice
of typical traits of other nations depend on contact forms and their diversity. Such contacts result not only in stereotypes but in prejudice either. The word prejudice is most often used to refer to preconceived, usually unfavorable, judgments toward people or a person because of gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race or ethnicity, language, nationality or other personal characteristics. It can also refer to ungrounded beliefs and may include any unreasonable attitude that is unusually resistant to rational influence. Prejudice is a stereotyped representation of a person, group or society. The specifics of prejudice lies in the fact that it forms, expresses and supports cynical, hostile and/or phobic attitude to any group or society.is worth mentioning that the gist of the prejudice is in its unreasonable negative perception of a group or its representatives . Its initial reprobation which instills us with prejudice about a man according to his or her belonging to a definite group. Being formed on the ground of an association, imagination or assumption, this setting with distorted i...
