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Bell, Yvonne R.; And Others – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1993
Examines academic performance as a function of the variables labeled type of presentation (traditional vs. Africentric) of the Wason task of logical reasoning and type of rule (positive vs. negative). Findings collected from 195 black college students are discussed as being supportive of the Africentric cultural models concerning black learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Afrocentrism, Blacks, College Students
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Bell, Yvonne R.; And Others – Journal of Black Studies, 1990
To determine the relationship between Afrocentric consciousness and perceptions of heterosexual relations, 177 Black adults in northern Florida, including college students, unskilled workers, professionals, and the elderly, were queried. The more Afrocentric subjects held opinions on mate selection and family life rooted in mutuality and…
Descriptors: African Culture, Afrocentrism, Attitudes, Black Culture
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Baldwin, Joseph A.; Bell, Yvonne R. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1985
Discusses the lack of reliable instruments for studying African American behavior and psychological functioning as a technical and philosophical flaw in Western psychology. Surveys the development of Africentric theory-based assessment instruments and presents the African Self-Consciousness Scale, a 42-item personalilty questionnaire designed to…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Attitudes, Blacks, Group Unity