Appendix

Appendix

The Situational Attitude Scale – Arab

Situations

1 You are standing on a very crowded bus surrounded by many (Arab) people

Fearful _ _ _ _ _Secure
Tolerable_ _ _ _ _ Intolerable
Hostile _ _ _ _ _ Indifferent
Important _ _ _ _ _ Trivial
Conspicuous _ _ _ _ _ Inconspicuous
Calm _ _ _ _ _ Anxious
Indignant _ _ _ _ _ Understanding
Comfortable_ _ _ _ _ Uncomfortable
Hate _ _ _ _ _ Love
Not Resentful _ _ _ _ _ Resentful

2 You are going on a vacation with your best friend and his or her (Arab) friend of the opposite sex

Aggressive _ _ _ _ _ Passive
Happy _ _ _ _ _ Sad
Tolerable _ _ _ _ _ Intolerable
Complimented _ _ _ _ _ Insulted
Angered _ _ _ _ _ Overjoyed
Secure _ _ _ _ _ Fearful
Hopeful _ _ _ _ _ Hopeless
Excited _ _ _ _ _ Unexcited
Right _ _ _ _ _ Wrong
Disgusting _ _ _ _ _ Pleasing

3 You are boarding a plane for a vacation in Florida and two young (Arab) men are boarding immediately behind you.

Relaxed _ _ _ _ _ Tense
Pleased _ _ _ _ _ Angered
Superior _ _ _ _ _ Inferior
Smarter _ _ _ _ _ Dumber
Fluent _ _ _ _ _ Not Fluent
Aggressive _ _ _ _ _ Passive
Safe _ _ _ _ _ Unsafe
Friendly _ _ _ _ _ Unfriendly
Excited _ _ _ _ _ Unexcited
Trivial _ _ _ _ _ Important

4 You are buying a used car from an (Arab) salesman.

Relaxed _ _ _ _ _ Startled
Receptive _ _ _ _ _ Cautious
Excited _ _ _ _ _ Unexcited
Glad _ _ _ _ _ Angered
Pleased _ _ _ _ _ Annoyed
Indifferent _ _ _ _ _ Suspicious
Tolerable _ _ _ _ _ Intolerable
Afraid _ _ _ _ _ Secure
Friend _ _ _ _ _ Enemy
Unprotected _ _ _ _ _ Protected

5 You are watching a television program about divorced (Arab) fathers being given custody of their children

Affection _ _ _ _ _ Disgust
Relish _ _ _ _ _ Repulsion
Happy _ _ _ _ _ Sad
Friendly _ _ _ _ _ Hostile
Uninvolved _ _ _ _ _ Involved
Hope _ _ _ _ _ Hopelessness
Aloof _ _ _ _ _ Outraged
Injure _ _ _ _ _ Non-violence
Safe _ _ _ _ _ Fearful
Empathetic _ _ _ _ _ Can’t Understand

6 You are required to attend (an Islamic) religious service for a school research project.

Good _ _ _ _ _ Bad
Safe _ _ _ _ _ Unsafe
Angry _ _ _ _ _ Not Angry
Friendly _ _ _ _ _ Unfriendly
Sympathetic _ _ _ _ _ Not Sympathetic
Nervous _ _ _ _ _ Calm
Happy _ _ _ _ _ Sad
Objectionable _ _ _ _ _ Unobjectionable
Desirable _ _ _ _ _ Undesirable
Suspicious _ _ _ _ _ Trusting

7 You notice a (an Arab) student cheating on an exam

Surprising _ _ _ _ _ Not Surprising
Sad _ _ _ _ _ Happy
Disinterested _ _ _ _ _ Interested
Close _ _ _ _ _ Distant
Understandable _ _ _ _ _ Baffling
Responsible _ _ _ _ _ Not Responsible
Concerned _ _ _ _ _ Unconcerned
Sympathy _ _ _ _ _ Indifference
Expected _ _ _ _ _ Unexpected
Hopeful _ _ _ _ _ Hopeless

8 You see a group of (Arab) students staging an on-campus demonstration against discrimination

Bad _ _ _ _ _ Good
Understanding _ _ _ _ _ Indifferent
Suspicious _ _ _ _ _ Trusting
Safe _ _ _ _ _ Unsafe
Disturbed _ _ _ _ _ Undisturbed
Justified _ _ _ _ _ Unjustified
Tense _ _ _ _ _ Calm
Hate _ _ _ _ _ Love
Wrong _ _ _ _ _ Right
Humorous _ _ _ _ _ Serious

9 You hear of a (an Arab) student getting financial aid

10 A new (Arab) person joins your social group

Warm _ _ _ _ _ Cold
Sad _ _ _ _ _ Happy
Superior _ _ _ _ _ Inferior
Threatened _ _ _ _ _ Neutral
Pleased _ _ _ _ _ Displeased
Understanding _ _ _ _ _ Indifferent
Suspicious _ _ _ _ _ Trusting
Disappointed _ _ _ _ _ Elated
Favorable _ _ _ _ _ Unfavorable
Uncomfortable _ _ _ _ _ Comfortable