APPENDIX VIIIC
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SCHEDULE IC
Australian Aborigines
Circle the line at the point where you would place Australian Aborigines
1. trustworthy
- - - - 22, untrustworthy
2. don’t care what a job is
as long as the money is good
3. strong sense of right and
wrong
4. neglect their children
5. have no purpose in life
23. care about status
24. poor sense of right and wrong
25. are good parents
26. know where they are going
6. are good providers
7. mother makes rules in the
house
27. don’t keep jobs
28.
father makes rules
8. don’t take care of - - - - - 29.
possessions, (cars,
clothes, house)
9. friendly and outgoing - - - - - 30.
10. aggressive, pick fights - - - - - 31.
11. know when to stop drinking - - - - - 32.
12. often in trouble with police ----- 33.
13. often in debt ----- 34.
14. aware of others’ needs ----- 35,
15. speak English well ----- 36.
16. have no ambition ----- 37.
17. waste money ----- 38.
18. clean and tidy ----- 39,
19. can’t be counted on to do ----- 40.
what they say
20. even tempered ----- 41.
21. other things are more ----- 42.
important than money
care for possessions,
(cars, clothes, house)
unfriendly
live and let live
drink too much
lead law-abiding lives
careful with money
put self and family first
don’t speak proper English
motivated to get somewhere
generous with money
dirty - uncared for
reliable
quick tempered
money and possessions
important
Now go back and select the five characteristics you think BEST
describe Australian Aborigines.