Abstract
The aim of the study is understanding the content of stereotypes in ethnic groups inside the Czech society. The qualitative study which we present is a supplement to now running research of stereotypes in Czech society.
At this point we used a questionnaire that provides participants' representations about particular social cathegories through generating adjectives as the main traits to their prototypes. The qualitative study stands on the analysis of prototypes.
The analyses concludes that both professional and ethnic categories produce data of the two commonly used dimensions: competence and warmth. Nevertheless, the variability of the descriptions shows methodological limitations of gathering data through presenting the two dimensions.
Our approach reveals specific dimensions based mainly on acceptability and addaptability of the ethnic group, being responsible towards the society and self regulation/cultivation of its members. Using the descriptions enables us to understand the quantitative data better.
It also shows the necessity to explore the actual psychological content of stereotypes and also to discuss the ways of realizing the research in intergroup relations.