Communication Bias in Black-White Groups

Summary

The study defined prejudice as a statistically significant bias in the direction of verbal statements in T-groups whose membership was balanced by race and sex. Three major hypotheses were tested, and the results were discussed in relationship to the nature of prejudice and communication dynamics. Two T-group methodologies were contrasted as an exploration of potential intervention strategies. The results indicated that both race and sex contributed to significant biases, although race seemed to be the more substantive contributor.