Summary of "Giving Entire Cultures a Personality Test"

There are a lot of different personalities around the globe, so it is natural that stereotypes of people in different cultures appear. A test was created which can measure if the stereotypes about it are true.

Firstly, the test was developed by a large group of researchers and was called the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. This test is unique because it can be used in a fifty different countries and can measure national character, perception of national character.

Secondly, the results of the test showed that stereotypes were false. It is thought that those stereotypes may be outdated or exaggerated. National character is, as indicator of how people see themselves but not how they actually are.

To sum up, the experiment on stereotypes of personality differences of people in different cultures was carried out and the results show that the stereotypes are far from the truth.