Children & Prejudice

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Imagine that our country is under the threat of imminent nuclear attack. A person approaches you to make an independent decision concerning a nearby fallout shelter that can accommodate 6 people but has 12 people trying to get in. Based on the following information about the 12 people, which 6 would you choose to go in the shelter?

• 40-year-old violinist, who is also suspected of being a narcotics dealer

• 34-year-old male architect, who is thought to be homosexual

• 26-year-old male lawyer• the lawyer’s 24-year-old wife, who has just been

released from a mental • institution (they would like to go in together)

• a 73-year-old priest• a 34-year-old female prostitute, who was so

successful she has been living off of her annuities for 5 years

20-year-old black militant a 23-year-old female graduate student, who

speaks publicly about the virtues of chastity 28-year-old male physicist, who will enter

the shelter only if he can bring his gun a 30-year-old M.D., who is an outspoken

bigot a 12-year-old with mental retardation

Hostile or negative attitude toward people in a distinguishable group, based solely on their membership in that group.

• Many aspects of your identity can cause you to become

labeled and discriminated against.• Nationality• racial and ethnic identity• Gender• sexual orientation• Religion• Appearance• Weight• Disabilities• hair color• profession

• Stereotyping• To stereotype is to assign identical• characteristics to a member of a group,

without taking into account how that individual may differ from other members of the group. Often stereotyping is merely a way to simplify how we look at the world - and we all do it to some extent.

• An unjustified negative or harmful actiontoward the members of a group simplybecause of their membership inthat group. (Bond, Di Candia, and McKinnon)

The fear that one's behavior will confirm anexisting stereotype of a group with which oneidentifies. This fear may lead to an impairment ofperformance. Steele & Aronson, 1995