Social Psychology Assignment
Read Chapter 6 (Material from Chapter 7 will also be used for this assignment)
In your paper, address these questions:
1. Take some time to look into websites for three hate groups. You may opt to visit any of the sites shown below or do a little internet sleuthing to locate others.
• Consider the ways in which the sites use similar or differing methods to present their ideologies.
• Beyond that, locate specific points of the website that fit into anything you have learned about regarding any of the social psychological theories or principles so far.
• Be sure to note exactly which sites you visited in your response.
2. What is a stereotype? Why are they useful? How are they misleading?
3. How does stereotype threat work to reduce the achievement of targeted groups?
4. How does the FAE combine with group prejudice to produce the ultimate attribution error?
5. How does the hindsight bias support blaming the victim?
6. How does the topic of persuasion affect the persuadability of men and women?
7. How is racial prejudice more sophisticated or subtle today?
8. What is benevolent sexism and how does it different from hostile sexism?
9. How do the following causes of prejudice work? Competition, scapegoating, status maintenance, authoritarianism, conformity.
10. Why are educational campaigns unlikely to reduce prejudice?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.