Children's Conceptions of the Structure and Functions of Government, Social Influence on Children's Presidential Preferences [electronic resource] / Michael Lupfer and Others.
These two papers summarize a portion of a wide-ranging survey, conducted in Memphis, of children's political attitudes and knowledge. Inconclusive data on prime influences in the process of political socialization and a lack of data on lower income, rural, Southern, black children suggested the...
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| Summary: | These two papers summarize a portion of a wide-ranging survey, conducted in Memphis, of children's political attitudes and knowledge. Inconclusive data on prime influences in the process of political socialization and a lack of data on lower income, rural, Southern, black children suggested the scope of the research. The students sampled were in grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 in public and Roman Catholic schools and in integrated and segregated schools. As reported in the first paper, each child interviewed was asked his opinion about a fictitious child's political preferences and shown drawings appropriate to his own background to illustrate people who might influence his choices. The results show the strong influence of parents and indicate circumstances under which that influence is mitigated. The second paper discusses the interview questions: "What does the President do?" and "What is government?" They were asked in order to test an assumption of youthful disaffection with government. Data is categorized on the basis of benevolent, malevolent, or neutral perceptions and in terms of global or domestic functions of government. (JH) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED091289. ERIC Note: Presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association Meeting (New Orleans, La., April 1973) as two papers; Not available in hardcopy due to marginal legibility of original document. |
| Physical Description: | 21 p. |