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Direct linkChernyak, Nadia; Kang, Carissa; Kushnir, Tamar – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Making sense of human actions involves thinking about both "endogenous" influences (the internal mental states of agents) and "exogenous" influences (social, moral, and interpersonal constraints). Culture impacts how we weight the relative causal influence of these two influences. To examine these cultural influences in depth,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Cultural Differences, Ethnicity
Stankov, Lazar; Saucier, Gerard; Knezevic, Goran – Psychological Assessment, 2010
In the present article, the authors report on the development of a scale for the measurement of the militant extremist mind-set. A previous pilot study identified 56 statements selected from writings of various terrorist groups as well as from psychological, historical, and political texts on terrorism. These statements, together with measures of…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Personality Measures, Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals)
Darling, Rosalyn B.; Heckert, D. Alex – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2010
This article presents the results of a study of differences in orientation toward disability over the lifecourse. The study was based on an instrument developed by the authors, the Questionnaire on Disability Identity and Opportunity (QDIO). This instrument measures two dimensions of disability: participation and orientation. Orientation, in turn,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Questionnaires, Identification (Psychology)
Wynn, Ruth L. – 1987
Investigated as a function of adults' birth cohort--a group of adults born during a specific time period--were beliefs influencing current attitudes toward parenting that prevail in England and the United States. Particular attention was given to the value attached to parental role in relation to the specific roles of spouse and worker. The total…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Rearing, Cohort Analysis
Horn, Stacey S. – Cognitive Development, 2006
Reports on the school climate for gay and lesbian students in the United States suggest that negative attitudes toward gay and lesbian individuals are quite common in adolescence. Very little research, however, has investigated adolescents' sexual prejudice from a developmental perspective. In this study, 10th- (N = 119) and 12th- (N = 145) grade…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Adolescents, Young Adults, Beliefs
White, Howard D. – Library Journal, 1986
Examination of data from four General Social Surveys (1976, 1977, 1980, 1982) focuses on questions related to intellectual freedom, especially library censorship. Responses are analyzed together with selected demographic variables to determine which broad segments of society give majority support to censorship and which do not. (7 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Censorship, Graphs, Intellectual Freedom
Feather, Norman T. – 1975
Based on six years of research, this book is an interdisciplinary investigation of human values and value systems. The author believes that the concept of values enables the social scientist to bridge the gap between the analysis of the individual and the analysis of the society in which that individual lives. Chapter 1 discusses value systems and…
Descriptors: Activism, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Hashmi, Mahmud S. – 1988
Successful conduct of business in Saudi Arabia requires attitudes and skills significantly different from those needed in the United States. Distinct societal differences can turn winning practices in one culture into failures in another. Despite Saudi Arabia's recent emergence as a wealthy marketplace, traditional values and a unique lifestyle…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Age Differences, Business Administration, Comparative Analysis
