Self-and Mutual Perception of Salient Personality Traits of Different Caste Groups
- 1 March 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Vol. 1 (1) , 41-52
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002202217000100106
Abstract
As part of a project to study the changing inter-caste attitudes in India, 239 urban subjects, belonging to 4 traditional Hindu castes and Harijan castes (former "Untouchables"), checked five traits (from a list of 88) most characteristic of their own and other groups. A comparison of results with similar studies conducted earlier points to the fading of earlier stereotypes about castes. The picture of one's own caste was often similar to the perception of that caste by other castes, indicating a general acceptability of some of the castestereotypes. The higher castes still show resistence to relinquish age-old prejudices against the lower castes.Keywords
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