Freedom Fries or Friendship Fries? : Franco-American Stereotypes and Meta-Stereotypes

This study explores Franco-American relations by examining Franco-American stereotypes. When American participants made ratings of what they think the French think of Americans, the results showed that Americans think the French see Americans in a very negative light. Yet, when the French participants rated what they think Americans think of the French, the result was fairly neutral. Both the French and Americans were found to be over-estimating how negatively they are actually viewed by the other group. If Americans think the French view them negatively and vice versa, these beliefs can permeate interpersonal interactions and can have a potentially negative effect. The results suggest that stereotypes play an important role in intergroup interactions and these findings have important implications for Franco-American relations.

Protokoll über die Sitzung des Ausschusses der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums am 20. März 1929 [Nachricht]

Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums

Mendelssohns Anschauungen vom Wesen des Judentums : zum 6. September 1929

Albert Lewkowitz

Geschäftsbericht [der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums] für das Jahr 1929

Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums

Lessings Religion : zum 200. Geburtstag Lessings (22.1.1929)

Albert Lewkowitz

Rede bei der am 28. Januar 1855 stattgehabten Gedächtnisfeier am jüdisch-theologischen Seminar zu Breslau

Zacharias Frankel