5. The Survey Man

Read what the survey man has to say and fill in the table which follows it with the right countries for the right characteristics.

„Right. As many of you know, my job is to analyse international poll data. One of the things I do is look at how the people of different countries see themselves and other countries around them. Sometimes we can see that there are stereotypes about nations. For example, it's generally thought that Germans are well organised, disciplined people. That's a positive stereotype. A negative stereotype might be the view that Italians are disorganised. On the other hand surveys suggest that there is a general perception of Italians as creative, stylish people.

Now, a recent survey looked at more personal qualities, focussing especially on the social interaction of a country's people with visitors. For example, we might ask a respondent - one of the people who we interviewed - if the people of the country they…