What Do Drawings Reveal About People's Attitudes Toward Countries and Their Citizens?

Participants ( N = 567) from six countries (Belgium, Ivory Coast, Italy, Kosovo, Portugal, and Switzerland) drew borders of their own and of neighbor countries on boundary-free maps. It was predicted and found that the tendency to overestimate versus underestimate the sizes of the countries, compare...

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Published in:Social psychology 2011, Vol.42 (3), p.231-240
Main Authors: Lorenzi-Cioldi, Fabio, Chatard, Armand, Marques, José M, Selimbegović, Leila, Konan, Paul, Faniko, Klea
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Borders
Citizens
Cognitive science
Countries
Female
Geographie
Geography
Gruppenzugehörigkeit
Human
Intergroup Dynamics
Italy
Ivory Coast
Kosovo
Land
Male
Neighbors
Portugal
Psychology
Social Behavior
Soziales Verhalten
Status
Switzerland
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Summary:Participants ( N = 567) from six countries (Belgium, Ivory Coast, Italy, Kosovo, Portugal, and Switzerland) drew borders of their own and of neighbor countries on boundary-free maps. It was predicted and found that the tendency to overestimate versus underestimate the sizes of the countries, compared to the original maps, reflects the perceiver's attitudes toward the target country, status asymmetries, and the quality of relations between the ingroup and outgroup countries. The findings are discussed with regard to the use of drawings in revealing people's attitudes toward outgroups.
ISSN:1864-9335
0147-829X
2151-2590
DOI:10.1027/1864-9335/a000067