Geoffrey MillerVerified account

And upside down.

Flattery will get you everywhere!

It's true. It's a language game, really. We all know why there is good reason to stigmatize the word, but we all also know how to prove that "stereotypes" can be wonderful. I guess it depends on your goals.

Well travelled? For sure. I’ve never stayed at a hostel without meeting a handful of Australians.

One would expect stereotypes, like cliches, to have a lot of applicability. One might also expect that negative stereotypes are particularly likely to have been influenced by motivated cognition.

What do you think the evolutionary reason for this is. I always think Japanese people are the most polite and conscientious people I’ve met

All the Australians I meet here in Ireland are well-traveled too ;-)