Transcript Social Relations

Social Relations
How does psychology “play into” how
we see each other, how we interact
with, and how we treat each other???
Two truths, one lie.
• Five volunteers to play.
• “Walk a Mile in his shoes” about stereotyping
and prejudging.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCZ1YteCv5M (clean version)
Stand-pair-share questions
Choose at least two questions as a group of three to comment on. Be
prepared to give a “One Minute” summary speech to the class about what
you discussed.
• Do we treat each other equally in the United States?
Explain your opinion.
• How do you feel about having to put your race
down on some forms? Why?
• If Eminem feels like he identifies more with AfricanAmericans, is it ok for him to check that “box”?
• What is something that someone might “assume”
(stereotype) about you based on your outward
appearance?
• Comment on social/race relations at Sprayberry?
In America today…
• Race and class are the two biggest socially
dividing factors.
Self-fulfilling Prophecy
• Simply put, we behave
the way we think others
believe we behave.
• Conversely, expectations
about others can
influence the way those
others behave.
• How does this “play” into
social relations? Racism?
Stereotype Threat Phenomenon
• Stossel video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASDzcvyat
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Reasons for stratification.
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Race.
Class.
Religion.
Gender.
Ethnicity/nationality
(ethnocentrism)
• Can you think of any
others?????
Race relations in America
•“Prejudice is what fools
use for reason. It is easy
to hide behind, just like
ignorance.”
-Voltaire
Racism is…
• Belief that one racial category is different…
either inferior or superior to another.
• Usually racism comes about because one
group needs a scapegoat… someone to blame
their troubles on.
• Racism can practiced by both those in the
majority and those in the minority.
• It can take generations to change the tide of
racism.
Ethnicity is…
• A shared cultural heritage. You can also be multi-ethnic.
• Think of it as the food you eat, the norms you have, the
holidays you celebrate, etc
• It is the culture and set of customs that you identify with.
– Examples:
• Irish
• Dutch
• Ethiopian
• Cherokee
• Cantonese
• Jewish (religious affiliation can be ethnicity as well)
Ethnocentrism is…
• The belief that ones
cultural identity… music,
food, religion, dress,
language, etc is superior
to that of others.
• The opposite of
ethnocentrism is “cultural
relativism”.
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Be this way!!!
» Not ethnocentric.
Prejudice is…
• Comes from word to pre-judge…make an
assumption before even knowing.
• Is a generalization about an entire category of
people. They are prejudgments that can be
positive, but are usually negative.
• PREJUDICE = an ATTITUDE
• DISCRIMINATION = ACTION based on prejudice.
LADDER OF PREJUDICE
• Extermination/ Genocide
• Attack
• Discrimination
• Avoidance
• Speech
Stereotype is…
• Very similar to prejudice, but it is an exaggerated
description not an attitude. It is the stereotype that
leads to the prejudice.
• It is usually an unfavorable generalization about an
entire group of people passed down through society.
• Like prejudice, can be positive also (rarely).
• Examples:
– All Italians have tempers.
– Poles are not smart.
– All Asians are good at math.
– Stereotyping can sometimes make YOU look like the idiot…
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWynJkN5HbQ
Institutional discrimination
• Accepted social arrangements that put a
group at a disadvantage.
• Examples:
– A fire department requires applicants be 5’9” or
taller.
– Children of alumni receive preference for college
admission.
Food for thought. Experiments in
racial attitudes and racism.
• We will watch the following videos, and then
discuss as a class. Think about and write down a
few points you want to make, as everyone in class
will be asked to volunteer a comment/thought
(30 second speech).
• Doll Study:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPVNJgfDwpw
• Brown Eyes vs. Blue Eyes.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqp6GnYqIjQ
• Bike thief
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti5ZFmglzV4
Curious if you are racist, ethnocentric,
prejudiced or even biased?
• Obviously surveys don’t work, but there is an
accepted test (actually it is the ONLY
psychologically researched and accepted test).
• It is called the IAT test (Implicit Association Test).
If you want to take it on your own go to:
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/ or Google “IAT test”. Make
sure you get Project Implicit from Harvard University.
The LaPierre Experiment (1943)
• When and How Attitudes Influence Our Behavior.
LaPierre wanted to discover if people who had various
prejudices / negative attitudes towards the members
of various social groups would actually demonstrate
these behaviors in their overt/open behavior.
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METHODOLOGY: For approx 2 years LaPierre travelled around the U.S.A with a young Chinese
couple. They stopped at 184 restaurants and 66 hotels. They were refused service only once and on
the whole received a better than average standard of service from the establishments visited.
After returning from 2 years travelling around LaPierre wrote to all the businesses where he and
the Chinese couple had dined / stayed. In a letter which gave no indication of his previous visit, he
enquired whether they would offer service to Chinese Visitors and the results were as follows:
62% of the businesses responded by saying they would not serve the couple.
• The results demonstrate a tremendous gap between the attitudes
expressed by these businesses(mail survey) and their actual behavior
when confronted by Chinese guests(in the flesh). LaPierre concluded
that there is a sizeable gap between attitudes and behavior (what
people say and what they actually do)
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Stand-pair-share:
• Why is the date of the experiment important?
• Can you think of any modern day groups that may get this
treatment?
Class in America…
• FAMILY INCOME DETERMINES CLASS
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Upper Class
$1.5 million +
Upper Middle
$85,000 +
Lower Middle
$45,000 +
Working Class
$30,000 +
Lower Class
$20,000 +
Poverty
$0 to $19,000
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM
• *Lower Middle and Working
are the two biggest classes…
make up almost 70% of U.S.
When we meet someone, what clues
us into their “class”?
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http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/oprahshow1_ss_20060421/2
• Does it matter??? Is it fair????
“Just World Phenomenon”
a.k.a: blame the victim
• People's tendency to believe that the world is just and that
people get what they deserve. Because people want to
believe that the world is fair, they will look for ways to
explain or rationalize away injustice - often by blaming the
victim.
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Those with this belief tend to think that when bad things happen to people, it is because
these individuals are bad people or have done something to deserve their misfortune.
Conversely, this belief also leads people to think that when good things happen to
people it is because those individuals are good and deserving of their happy fortune.
• Stand-pair-share:
– 1. How does this contribute to social stratification?
– 2. Give an example of when this might happen. For example:
“he deserved to be shot, he was wearing a hoodie at night in
a high crime area”
Prejudice Discussion Questions
Fill in the following, remembering that prejudice can take many forms… it can occur because of skin color, but also
because of gender, hair color, ethnicity, language, age, class, , etc. On a piece of notebook paper (WITHOUT YOUR
NAME ON IT) answer the following.
1. Is it possible to be free of prejudice? Have you ever met anyone who was?
2. Do you think you are prejudiced?
Often
Sometimes
Never
3. Do the opinions of your parents and family affect your views?
4. If a friend of family member were to make a prejudiced comment, would you protest/speak
up?
5. Would you vote for a women president?
Yes
No
6. Would you vote for a Hispanic-American president?
Yes
No
7. Would you vote for an African-American president?
Yes
No
Yes
No
8. Would you vote for an Arab-American president?
9. Are you offended when you hear an joke about your race or ethnicity?
10. Have you ever told an ethnic joke or laughed at one?
Yes
No
Yes
No