How do you perceive things? What perspective do you have on a particular situation? What these questions are pointing to is that our attitudes are like our mind's paint brush, because they can COLOR any situation. Well, in this paper it will be pointed out that our perceptions may be more important to us than reality. In fact, our perceptions (and…

A study that measured 65 teachers' attitudes toward the labels "gifted,""normal,""physically handicapped,""mentally retarded,""learning disabled," and "emotionally disturbed" revealed that the first three labels are significantly more positive than the last three, which suggest negative stereotypes. (Author/RL)

Attempted to improve attitudes of college students toward various groups of special needs children through the use of a cognitive-experiential module. Treatment significantly reduced negative evaluations regarding ratings of physically handicapped, emotionally disturbed, and normal children and approached significance for retarded children.…

Based on 21 physically handicapped/learning disabled/emotionally disturbed children's self-evaluation on the Personal Attribute Inventory for Children and comparison with responses of 21 normal children, results suggest that negative stereotypes of exceptional children held by teachers and nonhandicapped peers may not be readily adopted by…