Transcript The Social Psychology of

The Social Psychology of
the Greasers vs. The Socs
PREJUDICE
● “prejudgement”
● An attitude about another person based on his or her
perceived membership to a group.
● Attitudes lead toward approach/avoidance behaviors.
● For example: You like a pair of jeans only because you
like the name brand, not because they’re comfortable.
STEREOTYPE
● Stereotypes are cognitions or beliefs
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Cognition is the mental action of gaining knowledge
through thought, experience, and the senses.
● A person categorizes a person based on
their membership to a social group.
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For example: She is a girl. Girls are giggly. She is
giggly.
Even if it’s a complementary stereotyping, it can
be harmful if they don’t fit into that category.
The harm of the Stereotype Threat
● A social psychologist, Claude Steele,
performed a study on the effect of
perceived stereotypes on the academic
performance of minority and female
students.
● Self Fulfilling Prophesy
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If your group doesn’t do well, you won’t either.
DISCRIMINATION
● The behavior based on prejudice and
stereotypes.
● When have you seen examples of
discrimination in The Outsiders?
Sum it up...
Prejudice= Attitudes
Stereotypes= Categorizing & Beliefs
Discrimination= Actions
THE IMPACT
● Brown and Blue Eyes Racism Experiment
● Jane Elliot, an elementary teacher,
demonstrated stereotyping and
discrimination with her students.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQAmdZvKf6M
Reflection Questions
● What about the video reminded you about
the novel?
● Why did the children fight on the
playground? Was it justified? Why or why
not?
● Have any of the characters expressed some
of the same feelings the students felt?