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

1. Place the index card on your forehead w/out looking at it Engage the following conversation…”Prom is cancelled”

2. Social Psychology Myers Unit. 14

3. Prejudice and Discrimination Module 77

4. TED: Zac Abrahim

5. Understanding terms… • Connect the following terms in a diagram: how does one relate to another? • Prejudice • Stereotypes • negative emotions (such as hate or fear) • Ethnocentrism • discrimination

6. Covert vs. overt prejudice and discrimination Where do each of these exist in society today?

8. 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?

9. 1) Social Roots • Read the story handed out… • Why the difference in responses? • Just World Phenomenon—aka karma

10. 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?

11. Emotional Roots

12. 3) Cognitive Roots • Cognitive categories and stereotypes? • Evolutionary perspective? • “They all look the same” • Availability heuristic • Hindsight bias • Is stereotyping our default?

13. 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).