Social Psych Videos

To-Do Date: Nov 26 at 11:59pm

Please watch these two Social Psych videos and be ready to discuss related questions before coming to class on Monday:

Questions for Jane Elliot: Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes

How did Jane Elliot set up groups? What characteristics did she choose?

What systematic strategies did she use to create stereotypes and prejudice?

What does this tell us about stereotypes? What information are stereotypes based on?

How did children in the dominant group contribute to discrimination?

How did marginalization/ oppression affect the children’s behavior? How can you explain this effect?

Questions for the Stanford Prison Experiment:

Describe the experimental set up:

How were participants selected for the prison and guard roles?

What happened to participants’ behaviors (guards and prisoners) within days of the role playing experiment?

What can we learn from this study about human behavior and conditions that foster cruelty?