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White Americans' Attitudes Toward Asian Americans in Social Situations: An Empirical Examination of Potential Stereotypes, Bias, and Prejudice
Author(s) -
Leong Frederick T. L.,
Schneller Gregory
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of multicultural counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2161-1912
pISSN - 0883-8534
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1912.1997.tb00316.x
Subject(s) - prejudice (legal term) , psychology , asian americans , white (mutation) , social psychology , variety (cybernetics) , chinese americans , ethnic group , sociology , biochemistry , chemistry , anthropology , gene , artificial intelligence , computer science
The purpose of this study was to investigate the stereotypical attitudes of college students toward a variety of social situations involving Asian Americans. The authors were also interested in the effects of differential labeling of Asian Americans on the attitudes held toward them (i.e., “Asian” versus “Oriental”).