Outgroup Homogeneity Effect For my Christian Leadership and Service class, our final project is to watch a movie and analyze it according to a prevalent social issue. The movie that my group decided to watch is Zootopia. The film communicates that people should not be indulged by the Outgroup Homogeneity effect. This is when thinking of ingroups as diverse, and those of the outgroup as similar occurs. The movie depicts this because the predators are all classified as being “savage” due to their biological nature even thought it was only some that were acting “savage.” Those couple of predators that were found to be wild made ingroups believe that all outgroup members (predators) were also savage and that they should not take part of important roles in Zootipia. After realizing that she was wrong in thinking that all outgroup members were savage Judy shows that she learned that a …show more content…
During lunch, the cafeteria was always very loud. My friends and I sat at a long table, and since it was very loud, I would not always know what was being talked about. I would always have to ask my friends to talk louder, or I could cup my ear that I could hear their voice even a little bit better. More than once I remember just sitting there eating my food having given up trying to understand what was being said, and then I hear my name and I would turn to them and ask them what they said. They would all be like “wow I thought you couldn't hear haha” and I always asked myself why I could hear my name but not conversations that were being talked about. I now know that this happened because of selective attention. Selective attention is when the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus takes place. Selective attention was taking place during these moments because my brain would focus on something so known to me. Next time this happens, I’ll be able to explain what it is that is happening and why it is
This may happen unconsciously, as is usually the case with soft background noise such as the whoosh of air through heating ducts or the distant murmur of an electric clothes dryer. Sometimes hearing is done semi-consciously; for instance, the roar of a piece of construction equipment might momentarily draw one's attention. Conscious hearing, or listening, involves a nearly full degree of mental concentration. A familiar instance in which listening takes place would be a casual conversation with a friend or colleague. In such cases, the sound waves entering the ear are transferred to the brain, which then
There are many instances of covert racism, Social Darwinism, and sexism in the movie franchise Star Wars. For instance, native population as dispensable cannon fodder is a recurring theme in the films. During the Battle of Endor in Episode VI, Luke and his companions ally themselves with the short, cuddly, teddy-bear-like Ewoks, which are depicted as a primitive race. In the battle, scores of Ewoks are killed and sacrificed as Han Solo leads a rebel strike force to destroy the Death Star's shield generator. This illustrates Social Darwinism. The idea first originated in the Industrial Revolution, when people began applying the “survival of the fittest” principle of Darwinism to society. This is illustrated by the Battle of Endor because the primitive, less important Ewoks are sacrificed by the dozen, while most of the main heroes are barely injured. This suggests that the main heroes are stronger and superior to the weak Ewoks because the heroes are the ones who survive better than the Ewoks. This accurately illustrates the “survival of the fittest” principle of Social Darwinism. Als...
demonstrates that the human race was not, and is not as civilized as it appears.
Rosina Lippi-Green's article "Teaching Children How to Discriminate - What We Learn From The Big Bad Wolf" (1997) examines the discrimination and stereotypes toward different race, ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality and region that Disney presents in their animated films. Lippi-Green also points out the use or misuse of foreign accents in films, television and the entertainment industry as a whole. Such animated films are viewed mainly by children. Lippi-Green makes a central argument in which she says that children are taught to discriminate through the portrayal of the different accented characters in Disney films.
The film presents scientific and biological evidence that people of different races are not genetically distinct from each other; the comparison of DNA sequences was able to clearly show that this idea of races being biologically different from each other is false. This was able to show that the belief of distinct differences between races is the effect society has had on us, because of the inequality and social injustice present. This shift will be difficult, because people are so used to seeing people being treated differently due to their race and have been exposed to people of different races being represented
The social-psychological theory is quite astounding in this film. Each race shows frustration and aggression towards the other groups. Such as when Radio Raheem came into Sal’s pizzeria he was rudely asked to turn off his radio. He strikes back at Sal with a similar attitude towards the situation, which in my mind was more then appropriate.
...ance to the real people in society who are experiencing a very similar culture and environment, which unfortunately happens all too frequently in society.
Watching action cartoons was somewhat of a ritual as a kid. After a long week of study and play, I would sit front of the colorful box on Saturday and openly absorb as my favorite superheroes, the Teen Titans, beat up bad guys. Little did I realize, I was being programmed into a way of thinking that would influence my values and behavior for years. In the Teen Titans episode, “The Beast Within,” the creators generalize the term “animal” to negatively stereotype non-human animals, in a similar fashion to how misanthropists stereotype humans. This prejudice creates an inhospitable word for our fellow earthlings.
She allows the reader to identify with her by pointing out that she “went to the zoo all the time with [her] family” and that she “loved pandas” (Carr); the reader identifies with her, as the reader is likely to have visited the zoo as a child or likely to have a love for animals. Initially, she was very excited about seeing the animals so closely, but then she realized, even at that age, the “animals were miserable” (Carr). By telling the reader about her memory, Carr persuades the reader into believing that zoos are depressing and that animals do not belong in unnatural environments. Carr also mentions that she no longer goes to the zoo and urges her family and friends to do the same. The author then adds that she has a love for animals and wishes for the zoo animals to be set free. Again, by involving loved ones and reinforcing her love for animals, Carr appeals to the emotions of the reader. The reader is then likely to identify with the author, urge his or her family members and friends to not go to the zoo, and wish to see animals free from captivity. Therefore, Carr persuades the reader into believing that zoos are wicked by using the persuasive method of pathos. Along with Carr appealing to the reader’s emotions, she appeals to the reader’s
How are the perceptions of human nature conveyed by individuals subject to the influence of
While watching this movie I noticed many social psychology concepts throughout. I have never paid attention to these concepts when watching the movie before, so it was interesting to pay close attention and see how many came up. The movie displays foot-in-the door technique, social facilitation, deindividuation, ingroup, scapegoat theory, among many others. Being a very real and honest movie, it is easy to understand why so many social psychology concepts are present. Our textbook defines social psychology to be, “the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior, feelings and thought in social situation” (Baron & Branscombe, 2012). There are many strong characters within the movie, and they display these concepts.
If this movie were to be summarized in one sentence, one may say that no matter who you are, everybody holds preconceptions and stereotypes against other people. For example, in this movie, an upper-class white woman sees two black men so she clings to her husband, showing she is scared of them. Even though this woman had no idea who they were, she still jumped to a conclusion that they were going to harm her because of the color of their skin.
One example of this theory is the image that people have towards police officers. In my life, I always have respected the police and I know their job is to help the people in the world. Recently, this idea has been altered due to some of the events in the world. I have friends who are African Americans and one of the friends was expressing the pain that has been caused to her family,
However, I am not the only person experiencing this problem since several of my friends have confessed to experience similar instances. Although I might appear to be attentive and listening to someone, the reality is that I have actually stopped listening and my mind is focusing on the present thoughts in my head. This mostly occurs when another person utters words that my mind chooses not to examine, study, or dissect. I continue maintaining eye contact thus making another person to think that I am still keenly
Functionalism shapes bigotry by social environment (Henslin, 2012). According to Henslin, functionalism creates in-group unanimity, and/or it destroys human relationships (2012). McGlothlin and Killen (2006, 2012) explain how children from heterogeneous school are less prejudiced than children attending heterogeneous schools. Many people grow up in a heterogeneous school from kindergarten and up. The girls would scream and run away from the boys because boys had “cooties.” Then the boys would chase the girls around the playground to affect the girls with “cooties.” All the girls had a mindset about the boys and as well as the boys. From an early age, girls are told that boys are “icky” or that they have “cooties.” So some girls become prejudice against the boys from a young and early age. In heterogeneous schools, the mentality against the opposite gender sky...