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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM'T^HIS is a study of the attitudes of Negro adolescents concern-X ing other racial or national groups. The effect of racial prejudice on this particular group will also be investigated to a limited extent. It is thought that racial attitudes of city children differ from the racial attitudes of children who reside in country districts. This study will also compare the racial attitudes of children with that of adults. The study is primarily concerned with children in the first two years of high school.It is often said that attitudes of children who are normal from a standpoint of conduct, are different from the attitudes of delinquent children. This study will inquire into that problem by comparing the racial attitudes of normal children with the attitudes of delinquent children. Intelligence is also said to be a factor in the development of attitudes, hence the intelligence of the normal and delinquent children has been obtained on a group test, the Haggerty Delta Two. DEFINITION OF ATTITUDESBy attitudes is meant that mental set which is indicative of feeling. Attitudes are accepted opinions. Allport (1) defines attitude as " The motor set . . . built up by suggestion. . . ." Benson (2) et al. characterize attitudes as follows: "Attitudes are made up of organic and kinesthetic elements; they are not to be confused with the emotions, which are characterized by internal visceral disturbances.'' DEFINITION OF ADOLESCENCEAdolescence is defined by Proczek (6) as the age of physical formation. Hollingworth (5) states that "Adolescence is that * Studies from the Institute for Juvenile Research, Chicago, Paul L. Schroeder, M.D., Director, SerieB C, No. 245. t The writer acknowledges his indebtedness to Dr. T D. Eliot not only for suggesting this paper but also for many helpful suggestions and much kindly advice.Appreciation and thanks are also given to Dr. and Mrs. Andrew W Brown and Mrs. Lilian Davis for an evaluation of the attitudes used in this paper.