Recently as part of 'social norms' experiment in which I broke a social norms and afterwards explained to three individuals why I acted in the way that I did (to gauge their reaction as well as my own), one particular individual began conversing with me about what she thought of sociologists.

Her reaction to the very thought of taking a Social ( Read more... )

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A comedic view on the life as an Arab with the most commonly used name in the world.

If you look up this video on YouTube, many people are "offended" by this comedian's use of stereotypes/prejudice to make people laugh.
"Mohammed is the most popular name in the world and we're taking over. In your face America, in your face!"

Next, he makes fun of ( Read more... )

An interesting turn of events occurred this week that directly relates to my project. As dramatic as this example is, it portrays the reality of stereotypes and prejudice. Reader discretion is advised:

We are all familiar with the social networking site, Facebook, as I mentioned in my previous post. A dispute over where an individual’s wife was ( Read more... )

Recently, I lost a best friend because we disagreed on a subject. I had commenting lightly on the prejudice her long-distance American boyfriend had made towards another, a man named Muhammed, with whom my Sri Lanka, Canadian and formerly Buddhist friend had be-friended on the social networking site Facebook. He had commented merely that " ( Read more... )

Poll How often do you feel you are stereotyped?

    Welcome to my blog! For the next four weeks, this blog will serve the purpose for a social psychology discussion on two dominant social concepts, how they relate to one another and how they appear in our daily lives. Before we begin, let's refresh on the definitions of these concepts. The concepts are 'stereotypes and prejudice' and ( Read more... )