“…This finding is consistent with certain earlier formulations that suggest that lower-class youth are less inclined toward introspection and critical self-analysis than middle-class youth (cf., for example, Fannin and Clinard, 1965;Miller, 1958). Similarly, it is consonant with previous findings that the less valued members of groups are afforded less tolerance for deviant behavior than are others (Bretsch, 1952;Commoss, 1962;Hollander, 1958;Lemert, 1962;Schachter, 1960), and that such subjects' tendencies toward deviant behavior are more readily noted and negatively sanctioned by others (Feldman, 1969a,b;Piliavin and Briar, 1970;Sabath, 1964;Schur, 1971;and Sherif et al, 1955). ' …”