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Metaperceptual Congruence as a Measure of the “Kernel of Truth” in Nigerian Interethnic Stereotypes

Summary This paper presents a technique which utilizes the degree of congruence among independent perceptions of an ethnic group as a measure of the “kernel of truth” in stereotypic traits applied to that group. After presentation, the technique was then used to extract the “kernel of truth” from a sample of stereotypic traits being currently applied to three major Nigerian ethnic groups: the Ibo, the Hausa, and the Yoruba. Ss were 135 male Nigerian university undergraduates from these three ethnic groups (45 from each group) with ages ranging from 26.8 to 29.2 years. The resultant lists of tr…