Ethnic stereotypic attitudes among Israeli children: Two intervention programs

The study examined stereotypic attitudes of Israeli children toward Arab an d Jewish children and their alteration with two intervention programs imple mented in the classroom, one textual and the other audiovisual. Participant s completed stereotypic attribution questionnaires, prior to and following administration of the interventions and appropriate matched control program s, which were applied concurrently for 6 consecutive weeks. The assumption that Jewish children hold more negative stereotypic attributions toward Ara b than toward Jewish children was confirmed. The hypothesis that both progr ams reduce negative stereotypes for Arab children in the experimental as op posed to the control groups was confirmed. The programs were effective for ethnic stereotypes specifically and did not affect attributions evoked by s ex of target. Theoretical and educational implications are discussed.