A comparison between Jews and non-Jews with respect to several traits of personality

Abstract

Data were obtained for 80 Jewish and 80 non-Jewish students at the College of the City of New York; each group was composed of 45 varsity athletes, 23 intramural athletes, and 12 non-athletes. Included among the data were age, religion, college class, father's occupation and nationality, ACE test percentile, and scores on Smith's Human Behavior Inventory, de Q. Cabot's Introversion-Extroversion Scale, Allport's A-S scale, Harper's Social Study, and Allport and Vernon's Study of Values. The following conclusions were reached: There are no significant differences between Jews and non-Jews in the adjustment scores obtained by the Human Behavior Inventory. The Jewish group obtained higher scores for extroversion, ascendance, and liberalism, a higher mean percentile on the ACE test, and was accelerated educationally about 3/4ths of a year. On the Allport and Vernon scale Jews scored higher than non-Jews in theoretical and social interests and lower in religious interests. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)