The Rokeach free-equality model of political idealogies was explored within the context of the 1968 American presidential campaign. The data were interpreted as indicating that the basic value dimension in American political life is an equalitarian one, with variations ranging from democratic socialist to capitalist. (Author/JB)

Investigates three variables related to attributed altruism: (1) the effects of initiating prosocial behavior; (2) the potential gain or loss for the prosocial actor; and (3) the possible risk for the prosocial actor. Determines that any evidence of selfish motivation detracts from perceived altruism, and that no evidence of selfish motivation…

A questionnaire administered in 1957-58 and 1970-71 to undergraduate students in Lebanon showed several significant changes in the hierarchy of group affiliations. (Author/KM)

The Conservatism Scale, a recently developed reliable and valid measure of social attitudes, was completed by Dutch, English, and New Zealand samples. In each analysis the first two components which emerged loaded on religious and racialist-punitive items respectively. (Author)

Subjects used significantly more adjectives, on an adjective checklist (ACL), in giving their impressions of an object-person; based on written and audiovisual presentations, more than audio presentations. (SD)

Investigates perceptions of self and others among young drivers. Conveys that the participants rated undesirable actions more probable under low verifiability and controllability and considered others more likely to engage in undesirable actions. Concludes that young drivers must be aware of their feelings of superiority in order to change their…

The results of this study indicate skin shade has social and psychological implications. Bias toward lighter skin shades among blacks was apparent. (JB)

A classificatory model of collective behavior based upon perceptual dimensions was proposed. The four major dimensions found to underlie a domain of collective phenomena were identified as: (a) Violence, (b) Amorphous-Focused, (c) Anomie, and (d) Ideology. Potentially predictive aspects of the system were examined briefly. (Author)

A cross cultural study of 16-year-olds in Spain and the United States assesses the extent to which open or closed societies effect performance on the Dogmatism Scale, and the Acceptance of Self and Others Attitude Scale. (JH)

Highly significant correlations were obtained between the predictors in Fishbein's model--attitudes and normative beliefs toward cheating--and cheating intentions, as well as self-reports of cheating. Indices of religiosity, GPA, sex, type of college, and years in school showed little or no effect on intentions or self-reports. (Author/SD)

Focuses primarily on ethnic group stereotypes; attempts to show their importance in the study of behavior. (Author/SE)

This article reports on two interrelated studies which attempted to explore the components of stereotyping: direction, salience, intensity. (JB)