Longitudinal Evaluation of Nonintellectual Changes Associated with a Special Two-Year Humanities Program
Measures of dogmatism, ethnocentrism, and authoritarianism were administered to freshmen invitees to a special Humanities Program and again 2 yr. later. Mean changes on the three scales were reported for two groups: (a) Ss who accepted the invitation and completed the sequence and (b) Ss who declined the invitation and completed the college general education requirements in the conventional “collection of courses” fashion. Both groups changed significantly toward decreased dogmatism, ethnocentrism, and dogmatism but Group (a) had the largest net change from an initially lower level on each of the scales.