The origin and development of the Spanish attitude toward the Anglo and the Anglo attitude toward the Spanish.

Abstract

Arizona State College at Flagstaff * This is the second in a series of three articles concerned with the origin and development of racial attitude. The previous paper, "An Experimental Projective Technique for the Analysis of Racial Attitude," appeared in April issue of this JOUENAL (41:4, p. xxx). In this early article the properties of the Projective Test of Racial Attitude, the major tool in the present investigation, were analyzed.

Ethnic identification and preference: A review.

“…Although the data presented seem to support his conclusion, the study is weakened by the lack of tests for statistical significance and the absence of controls for subject familiarity with representatives of the groups being evaluated. Using a similar scale to study majority-minority ethnic attitudes, G. G. Johnson (1950) studied prejudice among Anglo American and Spanish American children. The results indicated that Anglo children expressed more prejudice toward the Spanish American children than the reverse.…”

“…Several investigators have attempted to study the age changes of children's attitudes toward other ethnic groups. In a self-designed questionnaire, Johnson (1950) found that prejudice of Anglo children toward Spanish American children was initiated about age 3 and rose through the oldest group, age 12. The Spanish American children's prejudice toward Anglos evolved at a slightly older age and then continued to rise.…”