Assessing Attitudes

HSER 330 / PSYC 365
Assessing Attitudes Resources
Fall 2013

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Resources	Assessing Attitudes Module Objectives or RTF
Interesting Stuff	Pick the Perp Can you match these people with their crimes? Good luck! Whistling Vivaldi and Beating Other Stereotypes Listen to this NPR podcast with a leading researcher on stereotype threat. Project Implicit Follow the prompts to get to the demonstrations. This is an interactive website which will help you to identify biases or prejudices that you didn't know that you had. A Class Divided We will talk about this during class, to illustrate how easily bias and discrimination can occur. Stereotypes in W alt Disney Films and Stereotypes in other Films How ubiquitous are stereotypes in the media? Sometimes we don't even notice them, like in these Walt Disney and other films. 'Totally Biased Comic' on Race, Politics, and Audience This is a very interesting podcast on NPR that hits upon many aspects of racism today in the United States. Whites Believe They Are Victims of Racism More Than Blacks This is an article printed online May 2011 and addresses contemporary attitudes. Humor and Prejudice This is an interesting podcast on NPR of an interview with Robert Lynch, an anthropologist who does comedy in his spare time. He discusses how implicit attitudes are connected to humor.
Videos	A Girl Like Me The Bike Thief White Privilege

Professor Lori Hokerson Psychology Department, American River College Voicemail: (916) 484-8162 Office: Davies Hall, 374 email: hokersl@arc.losrios.edu Web: https://sites.google.com/site/professorhokerson3/
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