Tożsamość społeczno-kulturowa a stereotypy obcych etnicznie

Describing the relationship „identity − stereotypes of strangers,” one can put forward two opposing hypotheses. The first shows that a conscious and active participation of individuals in cultural contents − national or religious − their identity with a unique collection of elements characteristic of a given group, lead to a negative picture of, and a negative attitude, towards those who function within different socio-cultural systems. The second thesis is principally a negation of the first one and would defend the relationship according to which a greater sense of identity brings forth a lesser level of aggression, and leads to an improvement of intergroup relations. The paper takes up the problems of this relationship and seeks to show what role is played in the process of shaping and functioning of stereotypes of the „ethnic strangers” by socio-cultural identity. Or, it maintains the picture of the „strangers,” generates it, or plays the function of a intergenerational medium.