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4126.2 Equality, privacy, and security: Attitudes in post 9/11 USA, Kevin Lanning, Ari
Rosenberg, Wilkes Honors College of FAU, USA
In the absence of a policy change that would reduce the likelihood of terror, post-9/11 America can
address its newfound risks in only three ways: (1) by doing nothing (accepting risk and
compromising security), (2) by selectively profiling individuals (compromising equality and
fairness), or (3) by non-selective domestic intelligence gathering (compromising privacy). In the
present paper, we examine the hypothesis that attitudes towards these three alternatives cannot be
reduced to a single dimension of liberalism-conservatism and that two latent factors, "civil
liberties orientation" and "civil rights orientation", instead underlie attitudes towards security and
risk in contemporary America.
4126.3 The effects of a traffic safety campaign on risk attitudes and behaviour among
Norwegian adolescents, Torbjørn Rundmo 1 , Hroar Klempe 2 , Hilde Iversen 2 , Björg-Elin
Moen 2 , 1 Dept. of Psychology, Norway, 2 NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
The present study compares the effects of a traffic safety campaign and a behaviour modification
program on traffic safety. Both the interventions were carried out simultaneously amongst students
Norwegian high schools (n=342). At the first high school the intervention was behaviour
modification, while at the second a community-based attitude campaign was carried out. Base-line
and post-test data about attitudes towards traffic safety and self-reported risk behaviour were
collected. There was a significant total effect of the interventions although the effect depended on
the type of intervention. No significant changes were found in the group of recipients of behaviour
modifications.
4126.4 Intergenerational patterns of social beliefs and its parenting antecedents among Chinese
college students, Natalie H. H. Hui, Tony T.H. Cheng, Michael H. Bond, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Leung, Bond et al. (2001) have proposed that social beliefs are basic premises people endorse
about the personal, material, social and spiritual world. Although empirical findings support the
predictive utility of social axioms for a variety of social behaviors (Leung & Bond, in press), their
developmental antecedents are yet to be studied. The present study examined the intergenerational
patterns of social beliefs by exploring the relations between Chinese college students and their
parents’ social beliefs. Perceived parenting styles and characteristics were also studied to shed
light on the socialization context which would facilitate the internalization of beliefs in Chinese
culture.
4126.5 Teachers’ efficacy in learning dance, Lina Pui Yu Chow, Pui Yu Lina Chow, The
Hong Kong Institution of Education, Hong Kong, China
The study of self-efficacy is one of the key issues for physical educators to pursue in relation to
effective and successful teaching and learning skills. This study aims to investigate the level of
efficacy of in-service physical education teachers before and after attending a dance programme
by using a culturally adapted teacher efficacy instrument based on “Teacher Efficacy Scale
(Gibson & Dembo, 1984)”, “Physical Education Teacher Efficacy (Biddle, 1998) and Teaching
Value Scale (Ames, 1983). Results obtained from the survey provided a preliminary report on
teachers’ efficacy in learning dance. Their views towards dance will also examine.
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