Abstract
Verbal measures of attitudes generally have not predicted social behavior toward members of minority groups. Aspects of the social situations have appeared to have more influence on social action. A social context was arranged in which verbal measures were expected to predict behavior. A white S was placed in a conflict between agreeing with a Negro or a white confederate on autokinetic judgments. The results indicate that the E Scale Negro, F Scale, and the Social Distance Negro items did not relate to social agreement with the Negro in either of 2 conditions of importance. The Jewish Ss were significantly less prejudiced than the Protestant-Catholic Ss on the E Scale Negro items. Jewish Ss disagreed more than Protestant-Catholic Ss with the Negro confederate on autokinetic judgments. (15 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)