Abstract

The effects of race of examiner and level of mistrust of whites on the Stanford-Binet performance of black elementary school children were examined. Groups with high and low levels of mistrust of whites were first identified. Half of the participants in each group were than administered the Binet by a white examiner; the remaining were tested by a black examiner. The black examiner-high mistrust group scored significantly higher than did the white examiner-high mistrust group. In addition, the black examiner-high mistrust group scored significantly higher than did the black examiner-low mistrust group.

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