Exercise#4

With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you.
1.      Define:
a.       Stereotyping: is thinking that all the people with a certain character in them are the same
b.      Prejudice: Pre-judging people without interacting with them
c.       Bias: is an inclination of temperament or outlook to present or hold a partial perspective and a refusal to even consider the possible merits of alternative points of view.
d.      Discrimination : Thinking that you are better than someone because you have something others don't have.
2.      Give an example of each.
Stereotyping : To think that "all Muslims are terrorists"
Prejudice:  To suppose that someone is stupid from the way he looks.
Bias: To suppose that someone is stupid from the way he looks.
Discrimination: Believing that while skinned people are better than dark skinned ones.
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 Understanding
With partners, answer the following:
1.      Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?
In an U.S elementary school at the 1960's with normal school kids.
2.      Describe the experiment.
The teacher told the kids that blue eyed people are better than the brown eyed ones then vice-versa.
3.      What were the results?
The kids who were supposed to be better than the others abused their superiority , and when it ended kids realized that it doesn't feel good to be looked down on.
4.      How successful do you believe it was?

I think it was a very successful experiment that yielded excellent results