Work Preference and Social Contact with the Profoundly Retarded.

Wallace, Glenda; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ285114

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Work Preference and Social Contact with the Profoundly Retarded.

Wallace, Glenda; And Others

College Student Journal, v17 n1 p89-93 Spr 1983

Investigated the preference of special education students (N=73) for working with profoundly mentally retarded individuals, the amount of contact with such individuals, and knowledge about mental retardation. The profoundly mentally retarded were ranked as the least preferred group with which to work. (JAC)

Descriptors: Education Majors, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Attraction, Severe Mental Retardation, Social Cognition, Special Education, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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