National Characteristics
National Characteristics by Dean Peabody is a reissue published by Cambridge University Press on July 21, 2011, featuring 268 pages in English. This book addresses the often controversial question of whether different nationalities possess distinct psychological characteristics. Peabody conducts a comparative study focusing on six nations—Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, and America—drawing on extensive empirical research to explore how ordinary people perceive national characteristics, which are frequently labeled as ‘national stereotypes.’
Readers will find a systematic cross-national survey that reveals fundamental differences in the psychological traits of various nationalities. The book compares these perceptions with social scientific accounts of ‘national character,’ highlighting a notable level of agreement between the two perspectives. Through this examination, Peabody provides insights into the complexities of national identity and the psychological underpinnings that shape societal behaviors and attitudes.
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Do different nationalities have different psychological characteristics? This question is often avoided as being too controversial, but it is squarely faced in this illuminating comparative study, first published in 1985. Dean Peabody focuses principally on six nations: Britain, Germany, France, Italy and the two world powers, Russia and America, where extensive empirical studies have been conducted to ascertain what ordinary people judge to be national characteristics (often dismissed as ‘national stereotypes’). These results are compared and contrasted with those from social scientific accounts of ‘national character’, and there is a perhaps surprising level of agreement between the two. Moreover, as Professor Peabody’s systematic cross-national survey demonstrates, the psychological characteristics of different nationalities do differ in fundamental ways.
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