Ethnic attitudes and agreement with a Negro person

Verbal measures of attitudes generally have not predicted social behavior toward members of minority groups. Aspects of the social situations have appeared to have more influence on social action. A social context was arranged in which verbal measures were expected to predict behavior. A white S was...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 1966-08, Vol.4 (2), p.215-220
Main Author: Berg, Kenneth R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Attitude
Black People
Christianity
Ethnic/Ethnically
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
Human
Humans
Illusions
Interpersonal Relations
Jews
Male
Minority Groups
Prejudice
Racial and Ethnic Attitudes
Social Behavior
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Summary:Verbal measures of attitudes generally have not predicted social behavior toward members of minority groups. Aspects of the social situations have appeared to have more influence on social action. A social context was arranged in which verbal measures were expected to predict behavior. A white S was placed in a conflict between agreeing with a Negro or a white confederate on autokinetic judgments. The results indicate that the E Scale Negro, F Scale, and the Social Distance Negro items did not relate to social agreement with the Negro in either of 2 conditions of importance. The Jewish Ss were significantly less prejudiced than the Protestant-Catholic Ss on the E Scale Negro items. Jewish Ss disagreed more than Protestant-Catholic Ss with the Negro confederate on autokinetic judgments. (15 ref.)
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/h0023560