Place the index card on your forehead w/out looking at it

Engage the following conversation…”Prom is cancelled”

Social Psychology

Myers Unit. 14

Prejudice and Discrimination

Module 77

TED: Zac Abrahim

Connect the following terms in a diagram: how

does one relate to another?

Prejudice Stereotypes negative emotions (such as hate or fear) Ethnocentrism discrimination

Understanding terms…

Covert vs. overt prejudice and discrimination

Where do each of these exist in society today?

Divide into two groups

Create a list describing how those in the other groups are not like you.

Imagine you are at the West v. Central game…

How do you feel about the other team/fans?

Why? Ingroup vs.

Outgroup Ingroup Bias What groups are

your ingroups?

1) Social Roots

Read the story handed out…

Why the difference in responses?

Just World Phenomenon—aka karma

2) Emotional Roots

Scapegoat Theory—why we sometimes feel good when bad things happen to other people

Who is the scapegoat on the following slide in the context of 9/11?

Why?

Emotional Roots

3) Cognitive Roots

Cognitive categories and stereotypes?

Evolutionary perspective?

“They all look the same”

Availability heuristic Hindsight bias Is stereotyping our

default?

Hijab As An Indicator of Low Intelligence and Less Physical

Attractiveness

Additionally, implicit negative attitudes toward Muslims are not limited to the idea of dangerous terrorist men. A series of studies focusing on the hijab have provided surprising insights about the perception of Islamic head coverings worn by some women. For example, one study used photographs of Caucasian and South Asian women both with and without hijab, and found that when covered, these women were rated significantly less physically attractive and intelligent than when these same individuals did not wear this attire (Mahmud & Swami, 2010).