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The relationship between race of examiner, cultural mistrust, and the intelligence test performance of black children
Author(s) -
Terrell Francis,
Terrell Sandra L.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198307)20:3<367::aid-pits2310200318>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - race (biology) , psychology , medical examiner , white (mutation) , test (biology) , black male , african american , clinical psychology , medicine , suicide prevention , poison control , gender studies , paleontology , history , biochemistry , chemistry , ethnology , environmental health , sociology , biology , gene
The effects of race of examiner and level of mistrust of whites on the Stanford‐Binet performance of black elementary school children were examined. Groups with high and low levels of mistrust of whites were first identified. Half of the participants in each group were than administered the Binet by a white examiner; the remaining were tested by a black examiner. The black examiner‐high mistrust group scored significantly higher than did the white examiner‐high mistrust group. In addition, the black examiner‐high mistrust group scored significantly higher than did the black examiner‐low mistrust group.