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Download full textTorney, Judith V. – 1968
This paper, prepared for a faculty seminar in conjunction with an NDEA International Affairs Institute, examines data collected in numerous studies on the political attitudes of children and adolescents. Four widely used models derived to deal with political socialization (the accumulation model, the identification model, the role transfer model,…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Political Socialization, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedTorney, Judith V. – High School Journal, 1970
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Childhood Attitudes, Political Attitudes, Political Socialization
Peer reviewedTorney, Judith V. – Journal of Social Issues, 1971
Socialization to the legal system was explored with data on attitudes toward policemen, the Supreme Court, and the fairness of laws obtained from approximately 9000 elementary school children tested in 1961-62. (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Ethical Instruction, Individual Development, Laws
Torney, Judith V. – 1969
The report gives the results of a pilot study on the attitudes of children concerning international topics. By use of a tightly structured questionnaire presented orally to children in grades 1 through 7, the author attempted to arrive at tentative findings concerning how attitudes toward other peoples and nations are formed and what role language…
Descriptors: Bias, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Pluralism
Torney, Judith V.; Hess, Robert D. – 1969
Distinctions between political socialization as beliefs about ideals, beliefs about the realities of governmental structure, as attempts at cognitive consistency, and as affective orientations toward the system, map out most children's political orientations. The objects of these orientations are: 1) America as a nation and patriotic attachment;…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Decision Making, Democratic Values
Massialas, Byron G.; Torney, Judith V. – 1978
The two essays in this report were presented at a colloquium on behavior variables related to citizenship education. The first essay, "Political Socialization and Citizen Competencies," by Byron G. Massialas, reviews behavioral science research as related to citizenship education and identifies the most significant findings in the field.…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Citizen Participation
Torney, Judith V.; And Others – 1976
The political education of young people in West Germany, Finland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, and United States is examined. Purposes of the study are to (1) define civic education cross-nationally, (2) deal with methodological problems in assessing student achievement and attitudes, (3) convey a detailed…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Civics, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
