Psychology discussions
For this exercise, you will be assigned one psychological topic to specialize in.
After examining this topic, you will prepare a 10 minute mini-presentation for your classmates in which you (1) introduce the relevant experiment then (2) discuss its implications for you as a knower. Focus on the WOKs that are being used (and abused). Finally, (3) discuss the design of the experiment (how is knowledge is being constructed?) and its limitations (is this knowledge reliable or universally applicable?).
After examining this topic, you will prepare a 10 minute mini-presentation for your classmates in which you (1) introduce the relevant experiment then (2) discuss its implications for you as a knower. Focus on the WOKs that are being used (and abused). Finally, (3) discuss the design of the experiment (how is knowledge is being constructed?) and its limitations (is this knowledge reliable or universally applicable?).
GROUP 1: OBEDIENCE
GROUP 2: THE BYSTANDER EFFECT
GROUP 3: CONFORMITY
GROUP 4: GROUP IDENTITY
GROUP 5: CONDITIONING
- Little Albert
- Conditioning
- Overview of all above (to what degree is all our behavior conditioned?)
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
Are we all prejudiced? Can a prejudice ever be good or useful? What is the difference between a prejudice and a bias?
Think about these questions as you take the Harvard Implicit Association Test and be ready to discuss your results:
Think about these questions as you take the Harvard Implicit Association Test and be ready to discuss your results:
PIAGETIAN STAGES
In a few weeks, we will visit a Grade 1 classroom to perform a series of experiments. Watch the video below as an introduction to the sort of tests we will conduct: