Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: Differences in Black and White: Inter-racial Differences in the Perception of Political Information

这篇博士论文研究探讨了种族间态度差异的根源。 政治学和社会心理学的大量研究表明，不同种族和族裔群体内部和之间的态度存在重大差异。 这些差异对管理机构的支持具有重要影响。 本研究以实验室实验为基础，探讨对社会群体有高度依附的被试是否透过种族图式来处理资讯。 实验要求受试者回忆印刷或录像形式的新闻故事，这些故事经过修改后产生不同类型的信息。 这项研究分离出一种机制，当这种机制与种族群体认同相结合时，有助于形成个人的看法和态度。

This doctoral dissertation research examines the root causes of inter-racial attitudinal differences. A large body of research in political science and in social psychology demonstrates that there are important differences in attitudes both within and across different racial and ethnic groups. These differences have important implications for the support of governing institutions. This research relies on laboratory experiments to discern whether subjects who have high attachment to social groups process information through a racial schema. The experiments require subjects to recall news stories in either printed or videotaped form that have been altered to produce different types of messages. The research isolates one mechanism which, when coupled with racial group identification, aids in the formulation of individual perceptions and attitudes.