Race Influences on Peer Ratings in ROTC Training Platoons

Abstract

This study examined the influences of rater and ratee race on peer ratings of 4604 white and 884 black cadets distributed between three regional Army ROTC training camps. Blacks and whites were found to each give consistently higher ratings to their own subgroup than to the other, a tendency which was exacerbated when the minority subgroup judgements were particularly discrepant from the platoon judgements. The possible applicability of the concept of 'race- bounded' friendships to these findings is considered. The pattern of black-white differences on peer ratings paralled the pattern of such differences on other Advanced Camp measures. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADP001369

Entities

People

  • Michael G. Rumsey

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Applied Psychology
  • Friendship
  • Judgment
  • Leadership
  • Military Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Performance Tests
  • Physical Fitness
  • Prejudice
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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