Introduces a conceptual framework aimed at integrating the conservation behavior literature and facilitating the comparison of findings across studies. Describes seven approaches to encouraging conservation behavior from the theoretical perspectives of attitude change, behavior modification and behavior maintenance. (Author/MK)

Laboratory and field tests were made of the contact hypothesis that individuals from hostile groups will show favorable attitude changes after working together in an interdependent and equalitarian situation. Groups studied included female college students, disadvantaged mothers, airmen, and teachers in newly desegregated schools. (SJL)

An existing multidimensional racial attitude inventory was adapted from an agree-disagree format to a rating format. Evidence is presented that this adaptation was successfully accomplished while maintaining strong correspondence to the original, validated instrument. (Author/JKS)

Research on justice has taken many directions. What people see as just and unjust, how they react to perceived injustice, and what principles of justice are preferred in different contexts are some of the questions that have been posed in the literature. Less time has been spent on the related questions of whether people change over time in these…

This was a study of the influence of unintended interracial contact and characteristics of the contact situation on attitude-related action and attitude change. It was designed to determine if persons with initially negative racial attitudes would change these attitudes by an experimental experience. The research subjects were white students from…

Describes field and experimental research that sought means to promote respect for lower status outgroups. Explores alternative approaches to improving justice. Reviews recent empirical work focused on the following topics: (1) reducing negative stereotypes; (2) diminishing justifications for bias; and (3) increasing intergroup attraction. (JS)