Assignments
Take notes on Conformity Slides
Describe the Costs & Benefits of Conformity & Obedience (T-chart) Conformity SlidesObedience Experiments & Stanley MilgramMilgram RevisitedDerren Brown uses the Milgram test on his television show to see how people respond to authority. His results were nearly exactly the same as Milgram's taken 50 years ago
In The News |
Benefits of Conformity & ObedienceShibuya ward (Tokyo, Japan)
World's busiest crossing street intersection What would this street look like without conformity or obedience? Does Japanese culture influence the success of this crossing? Could this work in other countries? Why or why not? Extras: Check out other pedestrian scrambles around the world Cost of Conformity & ObedienceCan you see the shame in her eyes?
A Class Divided (1985)
Featuring: Jane Elliot How does conformity & obedience make prejudice so easy to teach, learn and spread? Background: Jane Elliot is an American teacher and anti-racism activist. She created the famous "blue-eyed/brown She created the famous “blue-eyed/brown-eyed” exercise, first done with grade school children in the 1960s, and which later became the basis for her career in diversity training. To learn more about Ms. Elliot and her exercise, click here. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Elliott) What about now?Which one of these babies is the prettiest?
A Girl Like Me (2006) Directed By: Kiri Davis Girl Like Me news story How far have we come since A Class Divided and Brown vs. Board of Education? Does a desire and pressure to conform to the white ideal still impact black females in a negative way? How important do you believe self esteem is to achievement? Implicit Association Test - Baby test for adults?So, why won't the baby test work on adults?
Harvard University has designed a test that can measure our implicit or implied associations or connections. Take the test or read their description below: It is well known that people don't always 'speak their minds', and it is suspected that people don't always 'know their minds'. Understanding such divergences is important to scientific psychology. This web site presents a method that demonstrates the conscious-unconscious divergences much more convincingly than has been possible with previous methods. This new method is called the Implicit Association Test, or IAT for short. In addition, this site contains various related information. The value of this information may be greatest if you try at least one test first... The Hidden Influences Behind Human Behavior
Commission Bias in Sports Bystander Effect in action |