301 college students rated 39 country names and 345 characteristics of foreign nations as to attractiveness, believability, importance, and clarity. A number of the normative values of the national attributes were tabulated. Varied groups of studenrs perceived the statements in a highly reliable manner; attractiveness, clarity, and importance ratings proved very stable over time, while believability ratings were less so. The relevance of the national attributes to information integration, impression formation, and artitude change studies was discussed.
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