| dc.description.abstract | The thesis concerns the interpersonal trust between
Native and Non-Native cultures/races as potentially
manifested in their children. Four groups of children were
tested: 35 Native children from segregated Native schools, 48
Non-Native children who attended a predominately Non-Native
school, 48 Non-Native children and 30 Native children who
attended mixed race schools. The children were presented with
a brief description of a hypothetical child who was depicted In
a photograph as having mixed Native and White features. For
half of the group of children, the hypothetical child was
identified as Indian (Native) and for the other half, the child
was Identified as White. The children judged the extent to
which the Native or the Non-Native child would tell the truth,
fulfill promises and keep secrets. A same race pattern of trust
expectancy was found, in which Native children expected that
the Native child would be more likely to keep rather than break
promises, keep rather than break secrets and tell the truth
rather than lie, compared to the Non-Native child. The Non-
Native children demonstrated the opposite pattern of
expectations. Consistent with the social contact hypothesis,
the same-race pattern expectations of promise keeping was
less evident In mixed than same race schools. | |
