How do we apprehend different people? Why do we apprehend different people just that different? The relations that we create to people are affected by the way we apprehend them, what picture we have of them. That´s called person perception.

The information that we get when we meet people, how they look, what they wear etc. we interpret from our memories, experiences and valuations that we have. And in that way we create a picture of that person. The persons with that special personality or style will remind us about the first person we've met.

Some examples that I personally think are quite funny and “big” are Americans, Englishmen and Frenchmen. Am I right if I told you that I think your picture of Americans would be this following , fat, all these hiphopstyles and they eat at McDonalds all the time? And your opinion of Englishmen, don't they drink tea all the time? And not to forget the French people, they don't leave their houses without their beret and whenever you see them they will always carry their easel with them, right?
Well, we all know that this isn't true, but I find it rather fun and I think most people do. It is amusing how all these lifestyles can make us human beings create a picture of different people who lives in different countries. But what can we do to change these, styles?

Most of us might think it's funny to say to a Swede, “Hey, where have you left your Vikings?” or “ Excuse me American, did you enjoy your Big Meal with extra everything for breakfast?” or what about, “ Ey Frenchman, I think your beret is straight instead of on the side.”
The movies that are seen all over the world don't try to take away these styles. It's quite the opposite. They are using it. I would call it a PR-tric. It would be harder to produce a movie with just normal people, that you have no clue where they are from. Thanks to these styles we have helped the director to show with not much energy, just with tiny simple details, where the main characters in the movies are from. An example for us here in Sweden is about a Americans in a show called, King of Queens. The story is about a married couple, Doug and Carrie, where Doug is the fat McDonalds-lover-man and she tries to change him. Quite funny program actually.

But to sum up and to make you realize the meaning of it I'm going to write like this : It doesn't matter who you are, where you are coming from etc. you will always always always be placed in these person perceptions. But no one has complained so far, have they?
What's your opinion about this stereotypes or styles? Please write to me and tell.