A Study of School Desegregation: Self-Prediction of Behavior and Correlates of Self-Prediction

Author

Wyman Loren Williams, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Date of Award

12-1955

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Major

Psychology

Major Professor

J. M. Porter

Committee Members

Raymond R. Shrader, Edward E. Cureton, W. O. Jenkins, Howard P. Emmerson, A. H. Kealley

Abstract

(From the Introduction)

On January 11, 1955, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission directed the school system at Oak Ridge, Tennessee to desegregate beginning with the school year of 1955-1956. Although in general the school system officials felt that the community as a whole would be receptive to this procedure, research oriented toward the anticipation of problems that might arise as a result of the desegregation process was inaugurated by the Philosophy and Psychology Department at the University of Tennessee. The research that developed from this request is reported herein.

Recommended Citation

Williams, Wyman Loren, "A Study of School Desegregation: Self-Prediction of Behavior and Correlates of Self-Prediction. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 1955.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/4214