Studied individuals important to jury decision-making processes, i.e., those who change their minds. Results showed no consistent differences in race, sex, or age for changers and nonchangers and authoritarians changed attitudes about defendent's guilt more than equalitarians. (PAS)

Reviews legislation and public attitudes toward foreign refugees since the eighteenth century. Among the immigrant groups mentioned are the Chinese, Hungarians, Cubans, and Indochinese. (GC)

Research on the relationship between the percentage of an ethnic minority population in a geographically defined area and majority members' prejudice typically reveals a positive covariation. This result supports threat theory. Recent studies, however, have demonstrated significant exceptions. Based on intergroup contact theory, the present study…

This document discusses the treatment of Arabs in the western media. The main portion concentrates on the image of Arabs presented in American novels. Because television and films present visual images that communicate a powerful message in a matter of seconds, stereotyping appears as a shorthand form of communication and is, to a certain extent,…

In 1982, the Ohio Driver and Safety Education Association contracted with PJP Associates to conduct a statewide survey to gather data about the driver education program as it is conducted in the public schools of Ohio. The survey questionnaire contained 12 questions about driver education and 10 demographic questions. The survey used two methods…

Classical liberalism shapes white Americans' attitudes toward government policies concerning blacks. Classical liberalism views society as competitive; government serves as a guarantor of fair competition. The rules of fairness in a competitive marketplace require no arbitrary exclusion from competition and no arbitrary denial of the fruits of…

The purposes of this paper are to identify the problems Washington State Indians face and to provide considerations that might assist in promoting the welfare and well-being of American Indians. It is stated that the major barrier to the Indian's success in American society is the attitude of the Anglo towards the Indian. Thus, the programs and…

Although most societies view deaf people as inferior to hearing people and often actively discriminate against deaf individuals and groups, the 3,000 hearing people on Providence Island come closer to an equal acceptance and treatment of deaf people than do those in other societies that have been studied. (Author/HP)

This article offers a collection of commentary on work and play, including sources spanning some three centuries of American history. It is noted that the work ethic, in its various forms and shades, has perceptibly provided the leitmotif for the American experience in work and play. (JMK)

Author comments about the Gallup survey findings on the nation's public schools and their implications for school public relations and principals. (GB)

Record of a dialogue between Huey Newton and Erik Erikson, and an incisive dialogue on identity--black, white, and American. (DM)

Reported are the attitudes of two communities toward universities and students in general, and a state university in particular; results revealed public attitudes is different in important respects from what is reflected from local and national headlines and legislative reactions. (JB)

Describes the events that followed subsequent to the assignment of an all-black regimental unit to the Fort Brown military installation on the outskirts of Brownsville, Texas, in 1906, with reference to the reactions of the Brownsville residents, the Negro press, and white champions of the black cause, and to the actions of President Theodore…

The focus of this study was how differences in depicted levels of motivation would affect white subjects' perceptions of black stimulus persons. (DM)