Changes in Racial Attitudes as a Function of Personality Characteristics and Exposure to a Competent Black
Description:
The present study examined whether a relationship exists between level of rigidity and prejudicial attitudes and whether prejudiced attitudes could be modified as a function of exposure to a competent black model. It was predicted that individuals with a high level of rigidity would display more racial prejudice than low-rigid individuals and that individuals with a low level of rigidity would demonstrate less prejudice than high-rigid individuals after exposure to a competent model. After expo…
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Date:
December 1981
Creator:
Myers, Emilie J. (Emilie Joyner)