Aharon Bizman
Biographic Data
| ID | 95344 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aharon Bizman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aharon |
| FAMILY NAME | Bizman |
| SIGNATURE | BIZMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Intergroup and Interpersonal Threats as Determinants of Prejudice: The Moderating Role of In-Group Identification
Employing the integrated threat theory of prejudice (Stephan & Stephan, 1996), the proposition that the intergroup threats (realistic and symbolic) would be more predominant in predicting prejudice among high-identified group members was examined in this study. In contrast, the interpersonal threats (intergroup anxiety and negative stereotypes) would be more predominant in predicting prejudice among low-identified group members. Prejudice of nati…
Perceived threat and Israeli Jews’ evaluations of Russian immigrants: The moderating role of Jewish and Israeli identity
Attributions and Responses to the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Developmental Analysis
Expectations, Emotions, and Preferred Responses Regarding the Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Attributional Analysis
Adapting Weiner's attribution theory, this study examines Israeli Jews' causal attribution for the Arab-Israeli conflict, their expectations and feelings regarding its course, and their preferred strategies of response. Expectations regarding continuation or escalation of conflict were found to be related to the stability dimension. Increased shame and guilt, as well as reduced pride as Israelis and anger toward Arabs, were associated with assign…
The halo effect: It really isn't unitary: A rejoinder to Nathan (1986)
This paper is in response to Nathan's (1986) critique of Fox, Bizman & Herrmann's (1983) paper ‘The halo effect: Is it a unitary effect’. Specific points raised in Nathan's critique are rebutted. Recent numerical analyses are then employed to demonstrate the non‐equivalence of two extant measures of halo‐SD indices and D × D correlations. The SD indices, challenged by Nathan, are shown to conform with at least one commonly accepted definition of …
Causal Attributions for Turnover B Supervisory and Non-Supervisory Personnel
The present study examined the causal attributions for turnover of employees by supervisory and non-supervisory employees. It was hypothesized that only among non-supervisors but not among supervisors, causes of turnover will be related to the respondents' own job attitudes. One hundred and seven supervisors and 155 non supervisors rated the extent of their agreement which each of the following two reasons for employee turnover: Employees leave b…
Self-Evaluation Maintenance and the Motivation to Interact
Emotional vs. instrumental attraction to a better vs. a similarly performing other was examined in the present study. In line with the SEM model (Tesser, 1988) it was hypothesized that emotional attraction to a similarly performing other would be higher than attraction to a better performing other under high relevance, and vice versa under low relevance. Instrumental attraction to the better performing other would be higher than the attraction to…
Perceived causes and compatibility of interethnic marriage
Prospects of Intergroup Relations in an Intense Conflict Situation: Jews and Arabs in Israel
The effects of interethnic contact between West-Bank Arabs and Israeli Jews on attitudes of Arabs towards Israel and Israelis were examined in two studies conducted in 13 industrial plants in Israel employing workers from both national groups. On the whole, attitudes of Arabs were found to remain unchanged. However, positive attitude change was found with regard to two types of Arab workers: (a) those who perceived their status at work as high, a…
Effects of the Power to Retaliate on Physical Aggression Directed Toward Middle-Eastern Jews,Western Jews, and Israeli-Arabs
Aggression displayed by Middle-Eastern (M-E) and Western (W) Israeli high school students was tested by a factorial design comprising the following four variables: subject's ethnic origin (W/ M-E); victim's origin (W/ M-E/ Israeli-Arab); power to retaliate (exists/lacking); and experimental period (5 periods, each consisting of 10 trials). In a competitive situation 127 eleventh-grade male subjects were given the opportunity to administer electri…
The halo effect: Is it a unitary concept
Four alternative techniques are commonly used for measuring the halo effect in performance appraisal: dimension intercorrelations, factor analysis, raters x ratees interaction, and rating dispersion. The study tested the equivalence of these techniques by measuring possible differences in their respective estimates of halo when two variables were manipulated: the global impression held by the ratee (poor vs. excellent) and status relative to the …
Objective versus Subjective Aspects of Interpersonal Relations between Jews and Arabs
Research has already revealed a number of variables affecting attitude change resulting from interethnic contact. These variables are invariably defined according to objective criteria (e.g., socioeconomic status). The present study concentrated on the effects of status and treatment, objectively as well as subjectively defined and measured, on attitudes of 302 West Bank Arabs working in 13 major industrial plants in Israel. Findings indicate tha…
Mutual Perceptions of Arabs and Jews in Israel
Mutual perceptions of Israeli Arabs and Jews were examined; 132 Jewish university students and 122 Arab teacher college students rated the social and intellectual characteristics of a typical Israeli Arab and a typical Israeli Jew on a semantic differential scale. The findings showed that (1) each group views itself more favorably that it does the other; (2) both groups agree that the Jew excels intellectually rather than socially, while the oppo…
Contact between Israelis and Arabs: A Theoretical Evaluation of Effects
Based on social-psychological research findings, generalizations can be made as to the effects of certain situational and personal variables in interethnic contact situations on the attitude change of the interacting individuals. The purpose of this paper is to try to arrive at conclusions regarding the effects of contact between Israeli Jews and West Bank Arabs on ethnic change, based on evaluation of the existing contact situations and their po…
Group status and attitude change in desegregated classrooms
The door in the face technique: Effects of the size of the initial request
Asymmetry, Academic Status, Differentiation, and the Ethnic Perceptions and Preferences of Israeli Youth
Ethnic attitudes and preferences of Jewish youth in Israel from Middle Eastern and Western ethnic background were investigated in this study. A multiscale questionnaire was administered to 1033 ninth-grade students in 30 classrooms from ethnically integrated schools in different parts of the country. Results indicated that the two groups perceived themselves as being markedly different from each other. However, (1) ethnic attitudes in this sample…
Effects of Interethnic Contact on Friendship Choices in the Military
In 51 field platoons of the Israeli army, 1,411 soldiers served as subjects in a study designed to examine to what extent interethnic contact influences willingness to accept, as close friends, soldiers from other ethnic groups. The soldiers' friendship choices were obtained on two occasions-one before and the other six weeks after interethnic contact in the army. Results indicate that at the beginning of basic training, soldiers of European ethn…
Asymmetry, Academic Status, Differentiation, and the Ethnic Perceptions and Preferences of Israeli Youth
Ethnic attitudes and preferences of Jewish youth in Israel from Middle Eastern and Western ethnic background were investigated in this study. A multiscale questionnaire was administered to 1033 ninth-grade students in 30 classrooms from ethnically integrated schools in different parts of the country. Results indicated that the two groups perceived themselves as being markedly different from each other. However, (1) ethnic attitudes in this sample…
Mutual Perceptions of Arabs and Jews in Israel
Mutual perceptions of Israeli Arabs and Jews were examined; 132 Jewish university students and 122 Arab teacher college students rated the social and intellectual characteristics of a typical Israeli Arab and a typical Israeli Jew on a semantic differential scale. The findings showed that (1) each group views itself more favorably that it does the other; (2) both groups agree that the Jew excels intellectually rather than socially, while the oppo…
Effects of Interethnic Contact on Friendship Choices in the Military
In 51 field platoons of the Israeli army, 1,411 soldiers served as subjects in a study designed to examine to what extent interethnic contact influences willingness to accept, as close friends, soldiers from other ethnic groups. The soldiers' friendship choices were obtained on two occasions-one before and the other six weeks after interethnic contact in the army. Results indicate that at the beginning of basic training, soldiers of European ethn…
Objective versus Subjective Aspects of Interpersonal Relations between Jews and Arabs
Research has already revealed a number of variables affecting attitude change resulting from interethnic contact. These variables are invariably defined according to objective criteria (e.g., socioeconomic status). The present study concentrated on the effects of status and treatment, objectively as well as subjectively defined and measured, on attitudes of 302 West Bank Arabs working in 13 major industrial plants in Israel. Findings indicate tha…
Expectations, Emotions, and Preferred Responses Regarding the Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Attributional Analysis
Adapting Weiner's attribution theory, this study examines Israeli Jews' causal attribution for the Arab-Israeli conflict, their expectations and feelings regarding its course, and their preferred strategies of response. Expectations regarding continuation or escalation of conflict were found to be related to the stability dimension. Increased shame and guilt, as well as reduced pride as Israelis and anger toward Arabs, were associated with assign…
Perceived causes and compatibility of interethnic marriage
Contact between Israelis and Arabs: A Theoretical Evaluation of Effects
Based on social-psychological research findings, generalizations can be made as to the effects of certain situational and personal variables in interethnic contact situations on the attitude change of the interacting individuals. The purpose of this paper is to try to arrive at conclusions regarding the effects of contact between Israeli Jews and West Bank Arabs on ethnic change, based on evaluation of the existing contact situations and their po…
Perceived threat and Israeli Jews’ evaluations of Russian immigrants: The moderating role of Jewish and Israeli identity
Group status and attitude change in desegregated classrooms
Prospects of Intergroup Relations in an Intense Conflict Situation: Jews and Arabs in Israel
The effects of interethnic contact between West-Bank Arabs and Israeli Jews on attitudes of Arabs towards Israel and Israelis were examined in two studies conducted in 13 industrial plants in Israel employing workers from both national groups. On the whole, attitudes of Arabs were found to remain unchanged. However, positive attitude change was found with regard to two types of Arab workers: (a) those who perceived their status at work as high, a…
The door in the face technique: Effects of the size of the initial request
Self-Evaluation Maintenance and the Motivation to Interact
Emotional vs. instrumental attraction to a better vs. a similarly performing other was examined in the present study. In line with the SEM model (Tesser, 1988) it was hypothesized that emotional attraction to a similarly performing other would be higher than attraction to a better performing other under high relevance, and vice versa under low relevance. Instrumental attraction to the better performing other would be higher than the attraction to…
Effects of Interethnic Contact on Friendship Choices in the Military
In 51 field platoons of the Israeli army, 1,411 soldiers served as subjects in a study designed to examine to what extent interethnic contact influences willingness to accept, as close friends, soldiers from other ethnic groups. The soldiers' friendship choices were obtained on two occasions-one before and the other six weeks after interethnic contact in the army. Results indicate that at the beginning of basic training, soldiers of European ethn…
The door in the face technique: Effects of the size of the initial request
Asymmetry, Academic Status, Differentiation, and the Ethnic Perceptions and Preferences of Israeli Youth
Ethnic attitudes and preferences of Jewish youth in Israel from Middle Eastern and Western ethnic background were investigated in this study. A multiscale questionnaire was administered to 1033 ninth-grade students in 30 classrooms from ethnically integrated schools in different parts of the country. Results indicated that the two groups perceived themselves as being markedly different from each other. However, (1) ethnic attitudes in this sample…
Group status and attitude change in desegregated classrooms
Contact between Israelis and Arabs: A Theoretical Evaluation of Effects
Based on social-psychological research findings, generalizations can be made as to the effects of certain situational and personal variables in interethnic contact situations on the attitude change of the interacting individuals. The purpose of this paper is to try to arrive at conclusions regarding the effects of contact between Israeli Jews and West Bank Arabs on ethnic change, based on evaluation of the existing contact situations and their po…
Objective versus Subjective Aspects of Interpersonal Relations between Jews and Arabs
Research has already revealed a number of variables affecting attitude change resulting from interethnic contact. These variables are invariably defined according to objective criteria (e.g., socioeconomic status). The present study concentrated on the effects of status and treatment, objectively as well as subjectively defined and measured, on attitudes of 302 West Bank Arabs working in 13 major industrial plants in Israel. Findings indicate tha…
Mutual Perceptions of Arabs and Jews in Israel
Mutual perceptions of Israeli Arabs and Jews were examined; 132 Jewish university students and 122 Arab teacher college students rated the social and intellectual characteristics of a typical Israeli Arab and a typical Israeli Jew on a semantic differential scale. The findings showed that (1) each group views itself more favorably that it does the other; (2) both groups agree that the Jew excels intellectually rather than socially, while the oppo…
The halo effect: Is it a unitary concept
Four alternative techniques are commonly used for measuring the halo effect in performance appraisal: dimension intercorrelations, factor analysis, raters x ratees interaction, and rating dispersion. The study tested the equivalence of these techniques by measuring possible differences in their respective estimates of halo when two variables were manipulated: the global impression held by the ratee (poor vs. excellent) and status relative to the …
Effects of the Power to Retaliate on Physical Aggression Directed Toward Middle-Eastern Jews,Western Jews, and Israeli-Arabs
Aggression displayed by Middle-Eastern (M-E) and Western (W) Israeli high school students was tested by a factorial design comprising the following four variables: subject's ethnic origin (W/ M-E); victim's origin (W/ M-E/ Israeli-Arab); power to retaliate (exists/lacking); and experimental period (5 periods, each consisting of 10 trials). In a competitive situation 127 eleventh-grade male subjects were given the opportunity to administer electri…
Prospects of Intergroup Relations in an Intense Conflict Situation: Jews and Arabs in Israel
The effects of interethnic contact between West-Bank Arabs and Israeli Jews on attitudes of Arabs towards Israel and Israelis were examined in two studies conducted in 13 industrial plants in Israel employing workers from both national groups. On the whole, attitudes of Arabs were found to remain unchanged. However, positive attitude change was found with regard to two types of Arab workers: (a) those who perceived their status at work as high, a…
Perceived causes and compatibility of interethnic marriage
The halo effect: It really isn't unitary: A rejoinder to Nathan (1986)
This paper is in response to Nathan's (1986) critique of Fox, Bizman & Herrmann's (1983) paper ‘The halo effect: Is it a unitary effect’. Specific points raised in Nathan's critique are rebutted. Recent numerical analyses are then employed to demonstrate the non‐equivalence of two extant measures of halo‐SD indices and D × D correlations. The SD indices, challenged by Nathan, are shown to conform with at least one commonly accepted definition of …
Causal Attributions for Turnover B Supervisory and Non-Supervisory Personnel
The present study examined the causal attributions for turnover of employees by supervisory and non-supervisory employees. It was hypothesized that only among non-supervisors but not among supervisors, causes of turnover will be related to the respondents' own job attitudes. One hundred and seven supervisors and 155 non supervisors rated the extent of their agreement which each of the following two reasons for employee turnover: Employees leave b…
Self-Evaluation Maintenance and the Motivation to Interact
Emotional vs. instrumental attraction to a better vs. a similarly performing other was examined in the present study. In line with the SEM model (Tesser, 1988) it was hypothesized that emotional attraction to a similarly performing other would be higher than attraction to a better performing other under high relevance, and vice versa under low relevance. Instrumental attraction to the better performing other would be higher than the attraction to…
Expectations, Emotions, and Preferred Responses Regarding the Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Attributional Analysis
Adapting Weiner's attribution theory, this study examines Israeli Jews' causal attribution for the Arab-Israeli conflict, their expectations and feelings regarding its course, and their preferred strategies of response. Expectations regarding continuation or escalation of conflict were found to be related to the stability dimension. Increased shame and guilt, as well as reduced pride as Israelis and anger toward Arabs, were associated with assign…
Attributions and Responses to the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Developmental Analysis
Intergroup and Interpersonal Threats as Determinants of Prejudice: The Moderating Role of In-Group Identification
Employing the integrated threat theory of prejudice (Stephan & Stephan, 1996), the proposition that the intergroup threats (realistic and symbolic) would be more predominant in predicting prejudice among high-identified group members was examined in this study. In contrast, the interpersonal threats (intergroup anxiety and negative stereotypes) would be more predominant in predicting prejudice among low-identified group members. Prejudice of nati…
Perceived threat and Israeli Jews’ evaluations of Russian immigrants: The moderating role of Jewish and Israeli identity
Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Ethnic group (6 works) · Demography (5 works)