Personality differences between negro and white college students, north and south.

Abstract

Literature shows that some investigators find race differences on some personality traits, while others find differences on other traits. None of the studies show as definite consistent differences in personality between negroes and whites as have been found in intelligence. This study reports racial and sectional differences in intelligence, as have been found by other investigators. Race differences between negroes and whites were found on only one trait, namely introversion. The white males tend more towards introversion than do the negro males. Negro males tend to be more self-sufficient and more dominant than are white males. The white women scored higher on the neurotic scale than the negro women; yet the latter indicated more dominance than the former. The whites showed more variability than the negroes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)