Listing some of the Chicano values which differ from those of the Anglo and suggesting possible classroom behavioral implications, this pamphlet provides a teacher with a reference that may help in difficult classroom situations. Values discussed are related to social attitudes, class, family, siblings, competition, role of father, role of mother,…

The study was designed to investigate the Mexican American value system in an urban environment. The target population consisted of Mexican Americans and Anglo Americans in census tract 3, a section of what is known as the Arnett-Benson neighborhood in Lubbock, Texas. The problem was stated in the form of 2 questions: (1) to what extent are…

Anglo, Black and Mexican American children were asked to tell a story to each of seven line drawings depicting persons in a setting related to education. Stories were scored for Achievement and family achievement. The results showed that Mexican-American and black children scored higher on family achievement, whereas Anglos scored higher on…

Chinese subjects were less likely to pursue a conflict with an in-group disputant, and more likely to pursue a conflict with an out-group disputant, than were American subjects. A conflict was more likely to be pursued if the stakes involved were large and the disputant was from an out-group. (Author/BJV)

Address delivered at commencement exercises, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., on August 11, 1970. (DS)

Analyzed self-disclosure patterns of Anglo Americans and Hispanics. Results reveal that females, in general, report significantly more disclosures than males. Anglo Americans indicate more disclosure than Hispanics, and disclosure among Hispanic males is particularly low. Suggests ethnicity was not a significant factor in determining preferred…

The study investigated an area of education in which few studies have been published: the area of the Mexican American college student. Most studies have focused on elementary and high school experiences because these have been the most frequent targets of militant Mexican American groups from California to south Texas; therefore, very little is…

Purpose of the study was to determine whether rural Mexican American working-class parents differed significantly from rural Anglo American middle-class and/or working-class parents with respect to value orientation, attitudes held toward the value of education, and effects upon school achievement of the 3rd- and 4th-grade children of these…

Three measures of field dependence were used to determine whether: (1) Mexican American students are more field dependent than Anglo Americans; (2) intercorrelations between the tests are significant and comparable for both cultures; and (3) field dependence significantly affects academic performance. These assumptions were generally not…

Compared the factor structure of a modified Behavior Problem Checklist for groups of Mexican-American and Anglo-American preschool children from low socioeconomic-class families. Only the Anxiety-Withdrawal dimension exhibited strong cross-cultural similarity. Results suggest that emergent classification systems should allow for cultural variation…

Based on information provided by Anglo and Puerto Rican mothers living in the New Haven, Connecticut area, culturally sensitive vignettes of toddler attachment behavior were constructed. In response to the vignettes, Anglo mothers focused on children's individual autonomy, while Puerto Rican mothers emphasized children's maintenance of proper…

A special sample from the 1990-1995 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics is used to examine differences in the patterns and determinants of residential mobility between high-poverty and lower-poverty neighborhoods among Latinos, blacks and Anglos. Householders of Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban origin are significantly less likely than…

The purpose of this study was to examine Anglo-American and Mexican-American parents' attitudes about infant socialization. Occupational status of fathers was used to identify participants' social class, and mothers and fathers were interviewed in English or Spanish 9 weeks after the birth of their first child. Attitudes were examined regarding…

This study compares the results of three psychometric tests which were administered to middle class children in first, third and fifth grades in Puerto Rico and to a similar sample in New York State. The tests used were: (1) the Matching Familiar Figures (MFF) Test, (2) the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility (IAR) Scale, and (3) a paired…