Rokeach, Smith, and Evans (1960) have contended that belief differences rather than race per se are crucial determinants of racial attitudes. Their research did not ascertain whether, in fact, highly prejudiced individuals do assume greater belief dissimilarities than low-prejudice individuals. The present research replicated the Rokeach, et al. (1960) study and confirmed the hypothesized relationship between racial prejudice and assumed belief dissimilarity.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AllportG. W.The nature of prejudice. Cambridge, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1954.
2.
ByrneD.Attitudes and attraction. In BerkowitzL. (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology. Vol. 4. New York: Academic Press, 1969. Pp. 35–89.
3.
ByrneD.WongT. J.Racial prejudice, interpersonal attraction, and assumed dissimilarity of attitudes. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 1962, 65, 246–253.
4.
PettigrewT. F.Racially separate or together?Journal of Social Issues, 1969, 1, 43–69.
5.
RobinsonJ. P.RuskJ. G.HeadK. B.Measures of political attitudes. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Institute for Social Research, Univer. of Michigan, 1968.
6.
RokeachM.SmithP. W.EvansR. I.Two kinds of prejudice or one? In RokeachM. (Ed.), The open and closed mind. New York: Basic Books, 1960. Pp. 132–168.
7.
RubinI. M.Increased self-acceptance: A means of reducing prejudice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1967, 2, 233–238.
8.
SteinD. D.HardyckJ. A.SmithM. B.Race and belief: An open and shut case. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1965, 4, 281–289.
