A STUDY TO INVESTIGATE THE ATTITUDES TOWARD SELF, COLOR, AND RACIAL ROLE OF SELECTED WHITE BOYS IN TWO DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS IS PRESENTED. ONE GROUP OF CHILDREN CONSISTED OF A MINORITY OF WHITES IN AN INSTITUTIONAL SETTING, AND THE OTHER WAS A MAJORITY GROUP OF WHITE CHILDREN. THE RESEARCH EXPLORED WHETHER GROUP BEHAVIOR WAS BASED ON GROUP STATUS…

THE NATURE AND PRINCIPAL AREAS OF INTERRACIAL CONFLICT ARE EXAMINED, WITH ATTENTION GIVEN TO CENTRAL AMERICANS, MEXICANS, JAPANESE, AND CHINESE. HOWEVER, FOCUS IS UPON NEGROES, COMPARATIVE NEWCOMERS TO THE BAY AREA, BECAUSE OF NATIONWIDE NEGRO-WHITE TENSIONS. THE FOCUS IS DICTATED, ALSO, BY THE POLITICAL MILITANCY OF BAY AREA NEGROES IN CONTRAST…

YOUTH AGENCIES ARE DEMONSTRATING A GROWING CONSCIOUSNESS OF INTERGROUP PROBLEMS, AND LEADERS ARE SEEKING NEW INSIGHTS AND SKILLS TO HELP IN OVERCOMING THEM. MEANS OF INFLUENCING INDIVIDUAL ATTITUDES INCLUDE THE MEDIA OF MASS COMMUNICATION, THE GROUP PROCESS, DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP AND A PERMISSIVE GROUP CLIMATE, A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING AND…

AN UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN RELATIONS CAN BE DEVELOPED BY MEANS OF NEW MEDIA. PROCEDURES ARE GIVEN TELLING HOW TO USE A NEWS ITEM AS A STIMULUS FOR RESEARCH ON THE RELEVANT FACTS BEHIND A REPORTED EVENT AND HOW TO USE SUPPLEMENTARY READING AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES TO GAIN A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF MEANINGS BEHIND THE HEADLINES. USE IS INTENDED FOR…

Networking is an information giving and receiving system, a support system, and a means whereby women can get ahead in careers--either in new jobs or in current positions. Networking information can create many opportunities: women can talk about how other women handle situations and tasks, and previously established contacts can be used in…

Proposed as a chapter for a book, this document has attempted to survey the various points at which cognitive congruity theories impinge upon problems of ethnocentrism and intergroup relations. Some dozen such predictions have been presented, and have been italicized for scanning in the text. One hypothesis, that the more similar the outgroup the…

In preparing urban teachers to become effective classroom communicators, urban speech teachers should involve their students in interpersonal communication within an intergroup context whenever possible. Students must be taught to become sensitive to word choice, aware of the importance of verbal and nonverbal codes, and more empathic. To…

Viewing expression of affection as a problem in interpersonal communication, the author surveys psychological theories of affection and hostility. A brief summary of Freud's concepts of "death wish" and "eros" and a thorough consideration of Menninger's approach to re-direction of self-love are included, along with an overview…

The participants for the Institute consisted of well-experienced classroom teachers from representative secondary schools in Georgia and South Carolina. There were a total of 40 teachers and counselors. It was felt that these teachers would experience, for the first time, the need to concern themselves with the socio-cultural backgrounds of…

A need exists for reeducation of the general public in order to dispel myths concerning the nature of maturity and aging. Health educators have an obligation to be instrumental in this process of reeducation. (RC)

The results of this study show that friendship formation is guided by the principle of similarity of racial and cultural group membership. The discontinuity between intergroup attitudes and intergroup affiliation can be seen in the results of the race relations surveys administered in the Army. (Author/WI)

This research supports the conceptualization of staff racial composition, busing, and classroom resegregation as control-relevant variables in schools, finding that each interacts with school racial composition in the prediction of White intergroup relations. (Author/RM)

A portrait of John F. Kennedy High School focuses on reasons for its ability to create a "climate of excellence." The criteria of an outstanding principal are outlined and explanations for the "natural" relationships among racial and ethnic groups are offered. (MLW)

An analysis of multicultural education indicates that educators should be aware of the significance of group affiliation while recognizing that group togetherness maintains separateness and divisiveness. Several assumptions regarding cultural pluralism are discussed. (DF)