Honors Psychology - Prejudice
1. Read pages 714-719 – the 2 roots of prejudice, and answer the following questions:
a. How are prejudice, stereotypes and discrimination different? Explain each.
b. Provide 3 examples of “subtle prejudice.”
c. Provide 3 examples of gender prejudice.
d. Does all gender prejudice favor one specific gender? EXPLAIN.
e.
2. Create a web illustrating the 2 roots, including the following:
a. Explain how prejudice emerges from the particular root you are reading about
b. Note any examples given in the book
Your web should look something like the web below. PLEASE COMPLETE ON YOUR OWN PAPER, DO
NOT FILL OUT ON THIS SHEET, YOU WILL NEED MORE ROOM THAN WHAT I PROVIDED YOU.
Social Roots of Prejudice
Cognitive Roots of Prejudice
DO NOT WRITE IN
DO NOT WRITE IN
THIS SPACE – USE
THIS SPACE – USE
YOUR OWN PAPER
YOUR OWN PAPER
RACISM
When you are finished reading – you should be able to explain each of the phenomena
listed below, give an example of each, and be able to place each into the correct
location:
Scapegoat theory
In-group
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Out-group
categorization
just-world phenomenon
in-group bias
vivid cases
Honors Psychology - Prejudice
A Class Divided – Why did they shoot that king?
As we watch the film A Class Divided, take notes about specific displays of prejudice. You will use this
information to write a 2 page paper about how prejudice is created and maintained, and use specific
examples from the film to illustrate these roots of prejudice.
You should fill out the boxes that I have provided for you, and also use the remaining space to write
down any additional or miscellaneous information that you would want to remember for your paper.
PAY ATTENTION TO BOTH WHAT THE PARTICIPANTS SAY AND DO, AND WHAT THE TEACHER SAYS AND
DOES.
stereotypes:
Self-fulfilling prophecy:
Miscellaneous / Additional information
Vivid cases:
In-group bias:
Honors Psychology - Prejudice
THE PAPER:
A.
You must identify portions of the video that illustrate key themes from your reading. While you should
focus on the terms and theories related to prejudice and social psychology, anything that we have
discussed or read about in class is appropriate. (For example, identify instances of vivid cases, ingroup/out-group, etc.) When you do so, you should briefly explain the phenomenon, and then go on to
illustrate how that phenomenon was displayed in the film.
B.
Questions to consider in your reaction paper:
1. What scene or scenes do you think you'll still remember a month from now and why those scenes?
2. What part of the film surprised you?
3. What did the children's body language indicate about the impact of discrimination?
4. How did the negative and positive labels placed on a group become self-fulfilling prophecies?
5. What features did Elliott ascribe to the superior and inferior groups and how did those characteristics
reflect stereotypes about blacks and whites?
6. How did Elliott's discrimination create no-win situations for those placed in the inferior group? How
did she selectively interpret behavior to confirm the stereotypes she had assigned?
C.
Papers should:
a. Be typed (double-spaced) See me if you do not have access to a computer
b. Be approximately 3 pages long.
c. Use standard font size (11 or 12 point) in Times New Roman or Arial.
D. Your paper should be a reaction paper AND demonstrate your understanding of key concepts of
prejudice/social psychology. (Remember normative social influence, obedience, groupthink, etc.)
23-25 points
Numerous insightful
comments about
specific events in the
video.
Specific connections to
personal feelings /
experiences.
Obvious evidence of
introspection regarding
racism, and a
discussion of how this
film will affect the
writer, and implications
for the society at large.
Tied specific
psychology theories
and principles to
specific events in the
film.
Full use of the required
3 pages.
19-22 points
Commented on
numerous specific
events in video, some
evidence of
introspection related to
feelings and
experiences and its
application to the
society at large.
Cursory attachment to
psychological terms
and principles.
Did not make full use of
the 3 pages.
15-18 points
Commented on several
specific events in video,
few connections to
personal feelings or
experiences with little
or no evidence of
introspection.
Vague relations to
psychological theories
and principles.
Less than 2.5 pages in
length.
14-0 points
Commented on few or no
specific events in the
video, little or no
connection to personal
feelings/experiences.
Incorrect or absence of
connections to
psychological theories
and principles.
Less than 2.0 pages in
length.