Social Distance as Categorization of Intergroup Interaction.

Sherif, Carolyn W.

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Publication Date: 1973

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Social Distance as Categorization of Intergroup Interaction

Sherif, Carolyn W.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 25, 3, 327-334, Mar 73

Black students categorized 50 situations describing black-white interaction according to advisable social distance. Findings indicate one's attitudes are related to one's reference groups and to the actual interaction situations encountered. (JB)

Descriptors: Blacks, Distance, Interaction, Intergroup Relations, Interpersonal Relationship, Racial Attitudes, Racial Relations, Social Integration, Social Psychology, Whites

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