e representations specified in the theory include 1 positive image of an ally and 3 negative images of and enemy, dependent, and a barbarian.” The results of this experiment showed that the connection cues were satisfactory to obtain the predicted images of the ally, enemy, dependent, and barbarian. “Overall, results implicate the role of affective state and behavioral intent in shaping the content of social stereotypes.” Another article was chosen, because it discusses how an individuals in-group, out-group affiliation affects social choice. The test was performed in Canada to see how native French Canadians, which were the in-group, are attracted to minority immigrants, which were the out-group. Latin Americans, Eastern Europeans, Arabs and Haitians represented these immigrants with similarities and dissimilarities. A class of French Canadian students was asked to participate in a cross-cultural study and was given descriptions of people belonging to the four ethnic groups. “The characteristics of each ethnic group had been derived from interviews with an individual of each group and from research.” The characteristics were then used to come up with short written descriptions of the people who were members of the ethnic groups. The descriptions contained resembling and different information, geared towards male and female. The results of these studies were that the Latin Americans and Eastern Europeans were more likable than the Haitians and the Arabs, because the out-groups member’s characteristics were similar to those of the students who conducted the study. This is true of the Latin Americans and Eastern Europeans because their beliefs or personality characteristics are similar to those of the French Canadian students.The results of such studies have consistently indicated that feelings toward strangers are assertively affected by self-other similarity. “Similarity rather th...
