Social Contact as a Variable in the Expressed Attitudes of Normal Adolescents toward EMR Pupils

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Abstract
A semantic differential was administered to compare the expressed attitudes of 62 normal adolescents who had considerable school contact with EMR pupils with attitudes of 62 normal adolescents who had not experienced such school contact. An analysis of variance indicated there was significant social contact effect at the .05 level. In a followup test, the social contact effect was found to be accounted for primarily by the expressed attitudes toward the concept of normal people. Suggestions are presented on how to promote attitude change among normal pupils toward the mentally retarded and other handicapped groups.