Predictors of Scientific Majors for Black and White College Students [microform] / M. L. Clark and W. Pearson, Jr
- Bib ID:
- 5424823
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Clark, M. L
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1983
- 31 p.
- Summary:
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The differences in the personality and social backgrounds of college students majoring in science and nonscience fields were assessed with 91 black and 109 white students. The following categories of majors were compared: natural science, social science, and nonscience (education, business, history, and all others). The personality and attitudes of students were assessed by the 16PF, Bem Sex-Role Inventory, and the Attitude Toward Women Scale. Data were also collected on birth order, number of siblings, and social class. The black natural science majors were from a higher social class and more practical and toughminded than were the black social and nonscience majors. The white natural science majors were more masculine sex-role oriented and more sober than were the white social and nonscience majors. In comparison with nonscience majors, natural science majors were more often first born and from higher social class families with fewer siblings. There were more racial differences found than college major differences; however, black and white science majors were more similar than black and white students in the other two college major groups. It is suggested that knowledge about the characteristics of black scientists may be helpful in identifying prospective scientists. (Author/SW)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Montreal, Canada, April 1983).
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- Pearson, W., Jr, author
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