Orlando, Janine
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Audience: Undergraduate. -- Dissertation: Thesis (B. A.). -- Algoma University, 1992. -- Submitted in partial fulfillment of course requirements for PSYC 4105.-- Includes figures, tables and questionnaires. -- Contents: Thesis.
The investigation attempted to reduce negative racial attitudes through a short-term intervention program. Video training, word association tasks and a combination of both were used as treatments for the experimental groups. A control group provided comparative data in order to distinguish if any of the programs were effective. Subjects (n=90) consisted of males and females from grades 6,7 and 8 who were either French speaking, English speaking or of native Canadian ancestry. The pre and post tests utilized 25 questions to assess attitudes towards racism, prejudice and discrimination. The questions were rated on a 5 point Likert scale, ranging from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree". An ANOVA was used to determine a possible relationship between ethnic background, treatment and survey scores. Small sample sizes, time constraints and intellectual differences contributed to inconclusive results; however, analysis of the pre and post test mean scores among Native subjects approached statistical significance.
