Further information is presented on Ferguson's revision of the Thurstone Social Attitude Scales which measure attitudes of Nationalism, Religionism, and Humanitarianism. Norms obtained at the University of Illinois in 1950 were comparable to pre-war norms on Humanitarianism and Nationalism; on Religionism the Illinois norms were more conservative. Canadian university data show that, in general, men tended to be more liberal than women on Religionism. When compared with an American sample, Canadian students tended to be more liberal. Validity of the three scales was confirmed by data from a projective technique.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
FergusonL. W.A revision of the primary social attitude scales. J. Psychol., 1944, 17, 229–241.
2.
LawsonE. D.StagnerR.The Ferguson Religionism Scale: a study in validation. 1954, 39, 245–256.
3.
MorganC. T.Introduction to psychology. (2nd ed.) New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961. (a)
4.
MorganC. T.Study guide to accompany Introduction to psychology. (2nd ed.) New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961. (b)
