History-Consciousness 1988

Knowledge and attitudes to historical events and social phenomena,
future expectations; comparison of living conditions in GDR and FRG.
Topics: Interest in history, art, technology, science, politics,
nature, sport; moral orientations regarding political goals, fate,
socialism, conscience, meaningful life, experiences of history,
Christian morals, respect; feeling of responsibility; development in
personal and social areas until the year 2000 (scale); goals in life
(scale); interest in segments of history (scale); interest in
historical topic areas (scale); chronological assignment of more
important historical events; occupation with questions of history;
reasons for and against occupation with history (scale); frequency of
discussion of history questions with various groups of persons; tie
with home, FRG, FDJ, city of birth, Soviet Union, GDR, SED; interest
and feeling of degree to which informed about specific historical
questions (scale); interest in areas of history (scale); frequency of
watching and listening to television in GDR and FRG or radio in GDR
and FRG; sources of information on world politics; frequency of
reading various articles and publications (scale); number of cultural
and social activities in 1987 (scale); frequency of experiences
regarding recognition of achievement, development of standard of
living, trust and possibilities to influence, honest expression of
opinion, FDJ as representative of interests, personal contribution to
the GDR and peace; agreement of personal experiences with official GDR
image in school and media; agreement with social development in the
GDR; attitude to work; self-assessment of achievements; world view;
occupational qualification of father and mother;
Supplemental form A:
political agreement with parents, instructors, FDJ group; time
classification of historical personalities; definition of the term
"native country"; interest in specific social and political questions
(scale); preferred group of persons for discussions on these
questions; effort for honorary names and personal consequences for
knowledge and solidarity; promotion of historical interest through
persons, groups, media (scale); characteristic of father and mother
regarding communication, religious denomination, world view, cultural
and social activities; attitude and stand on the time of fascism,
Hitler, the Germans and current danger of fascism; interest in and
valuation of school subjects "history" and "citizenship";
Supplemental form B: specific history knowledge (scale); belonging to
political and cultural discussion circles; selected historical
knowledge (scale); opinions on course of history and its
determination through great personalities, coincidences, laws, the
masses of the people, the individual; opinions on development of the
SED and the GDR, socialism and capitalism, war and peace; assessment
of GDR and FRG regarding elimination of the causes of war and social
roots of fascism, the preservation of the environment, personal
rights and freedoms, use of scientific-technical progress, job
security, information, standard of living, democratic
co-determination, social security, education chances; factors of
influence on further development of the GDR (scale); characteristics
of GDR daily life (scale); expected effects of the
scientific-technical revolution (scale); characteristic of the city
of childhood (scale);
Supplemental form skinheads: judgement on
people according to external characteristics; ideas of punkers,
violent soccer fans, trend-followers, heavy metals, skinheads,
Gruftis; experiences with skinheads; comparison of GDR skins with FRG
skins; classification of skins; reasons for being a skinhead;
sympathy for skinheads; preferred reactions of the public to
skinheads.