Warm up 5/21

• What is your SINGLE STORY?– Look at how you appear today.

What story might people tell about you based on the way you appear today.

– What rumours, sterotypes etc do people spread about you?

– What is the worst SINGLE STORY you have heard about yourself?

Warm up 5/21 cont

• What do you like LEAST about being part of a society. List and describe at least THREE things.

• What do you like MOST about being part of a society. List and describe at least THREE things.

Assault on Gay America

• Watch the video and answers the questions on the paper provided.

• All the notes that you have taken and information that you have been and will be given will be part of a Socratic and essay that is coming up in June.

Social Psychology

I. Social Psychology

A. The Study of how people influence and are influenced by others

II. The SelfA. What we perceive ourselves to beB. Self Schemas – cognitive structures that

allow people to differentiate themselves from others

C. Social Comparison – we compare ourselves to others to form a view of ourselves

D. Personality Identity – composed of an individual's thoughts and emotions (self-knowledge and evaluation)

E. Social Identity – based on the impressions someone makes, what others think of that person within a group.

III. Perceiving Others

A. Schemas – structure our perception of events, make predictions about the future, decide on goals and plans

1. Ex: First impressions

B. Attribution theory – explaining the behavior of others in terms of their personality traits or other external factors.

1. Ex: Blonde hair must = lack of intelligence

IV. AttitudesA. Beliefs and feelings about people,

objects or events that cause us to behave in certain ways.

1. Ex: “ That’s how those people are.”

B. Social Schemas- the ideas we have formed about social groups.

1. Ex: when we meet someone new we put them into pre-existing groups (slacker, go getter, surfer, etc.)

V. Effects of AttitudesA. Stereotypes – distorted generalized

beliefs B. Prejudice – unfounded, generally

negative, attitude C. Discrimination – unfair treatment of

individuals because of membership in a group

D. Attraction – draw towards a person or group due to similarity, proximity or reciprocity.

Why?

• List THREE reasons that prejudice exists.

VI. Causes of Prejudice

1.Categorization2.Exaggeration of

Differences – assuming those who are different are more different than they really are

3. Justifying Economic or Role Status – explaining status by providing reasons why an economic or role status exists. (ex: poverty = unwillingness to work)

4. Observational Learning – imitating the behaviors observed in an environment (ex: children adopting parents beliefs).

5. Scapegoating –finding someone else to blame for a problem

VII. Social CategoriesA. Gender

B. RaceC. EthnicityD. Sexual OrientationE. DisabilitiesF. Economic StatusG. Education Level