An analysis of survey data to assess the sophistication and antecedents of high school students' attitudes toward compliance with laws. Reveals that a large number of the students have not internalized any values by which they can evaluate decisions concerning compliance, and that the attitudinal antecedents of compliance are quite different for…

Differential perceptions and evaluations of political authority figures are related to a number of factors including vulnerability and different sets of social experience. (Author/MB)

A methodological perspective is taken in examining the problem of inferring attitudes from children's responses to survey items. An experiment is reported which shows that children are highly inclined to evaluate unfamiliar objects in positive terms. Implications of this research for political socialization studies are explored and much of the…

Presents data gathered at a student political demonstration to examine the feasibility and utility of a field-study approach to such events. It is suggested that the cognitive consistency model can be useful in explaining beliefs of demonstration supporters and opponents. (Author/MB)