Download Prejudice, Discrimination and the Psychology of 9/11

Place the index card on
your forehead w/out
looking at it
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Engage the following
conversation…”Prom is cancelled”
Myers Unit. 14
Prejudice and
Discrimination
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Module 77
TED: Zac Abrahim
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Understanding terms…
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 Connect the following terms in a diagram: how does
one relate to another?
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Prejudice
Stereotypes
negative emotions (such as hate or fear)
Ethnocentrism
discrimination
Covert vs. overt
prejudice and
discrimination
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Where do each of these exist in society
today?
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Divide into two groups
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 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
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 Read the story handed
out…
 Why the difference in
responses?
 Just World
Phenomenon—aka
karma
2) Emotional Roots
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 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
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3) Cognitive Roots
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 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
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 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).