A total of 457 college freshmen and seniors in elementary education and special education were administered an instrument designed to evoke connotative reactions to disability labels in different described social psychological contexts. Differences in results are discussed in relationship to college major field, college level (class), disability labels, described social psychological situations, degree of contact with the handicapped, sex of students, and grade point average.
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