Unit Two: Everyday Bias includes four recorded lectures, a short documentary, and four chapters from "Everyday Bias" book. Please review all of this material before completing at least one discussion board.
UNIT TWO: PREJUDICE AND STEREOTYPING
What were your reactions to the definitions, types, and research related to concepts such as ethnocentrism, stereotyping, and prejudices? We tend to use some of these terms interchangeably; was it helpful to have them defined separately with the sources and differences between the terms? Was any of the information surprising? Did you expect that research would show 9 of 10 people held prejudices?
peer question to respond to
I was not surprised to see 9 out of 10 people are prejudice, it is a learned behavior. It starts from young childhood and continues to follow you through life. As you meet and get to know people you begin to realize just how many ways of thinking there ae. Nowadays there is more awareness, knowledge and understanding of a wide variety of people, groups, and environments. Are thoughts are not judged or changed until we begin interacting socially with others. when we start to separate into social groups, things we hear as people talk and even the subjects that are taught at school. We are born almost as a sponge, we learn right from wrong, that there are a variety of people that are do not live like we do. But it’s all learned in the end so its important to stand bac and see just where you stand or what you believe in. Its a lesson that we all need to learn as we get older and become adults. Who are we outside our groups, parents, and lessons we have learned.
I think seeing those terms broken down and explained was helpful. We want to believe that as a person we are open minded, but as you understand the definitions better you see that you are not as much as you thought. Research will continue to show that there is a larger group of us that do stereotype. That the minute wed do see people we have given them a story without even knowing who they are. I know as a young single mom just how people perceive me or the thoughts they may have before they even shake my hand.