This is an educational blog for a Social Psychology class at Penn State University, Fayette. The purpose is to provide a forum for all students to express views and insight on a variety of topics covered in class and textbook.
9 6670 2379 I believe that prejudice against race is based mostly on socialization. People often form opinions on others based on what the people they hang around say about them. Many of these beliefs stem from what a person’s family believes. For example, if a white child’s parents are openly prejudice against African Americans, that child forms his/her own opinions about African Americans based on the things his/her parents say about people of that race. As we age, we socialize more with other people, and we continue to form opinions similar to those of the people around us. This can easily lead to some clear prejudice against race.
902861799 • I believe that it is only learned through socialization. In the video most of the people said it was because either a parent or some other social interaction that caused them to have this outlook of race. When most children were very open to being friends with one another since they aren’t old enough yet to be influenced as much by society.
902861799• NEW RESPONSE- previously I believed that kids would be taught through socialization but in reality, all people are actually born with these beliefs although stereotypes may be learned we are all born to make categories for all items and essentially put individuals race and gender in a separate box creating groups (in groups and outgroups).
902861799• NEW RESPONSE- previously I believed that kids would be taught through socialization but in reality, all people are actually born with these beliefs although stereotypes may be learned we are all born to make categories for all items and essentially put individuals race and gender in a separate box creating groups (in groups and outgroups).
976673690 After watching the video, I feel that prejudice against race is learned through socialization. The younger children were optimistic through the scenarios while the older kids were more pessimistic because they have experienced or have seen prejudice. Since the younger kids were more optimistic, it shows that no one is born prejudice and that it is often learned through society and culture. One of the older kids mentioned that his friend’s mom said they couldn’t be friends anymore because he was black. The kids were friends prior to her pointing out the black kid’s race, and she was trying to force prejudice thoughts onto her son. There were many scenarios in the clip that showed the young children not having an issue with race, but the older kids viewed the scenario with more prejudice. Since prejudice isn’t biologically predetermined, the younger children seemed more optimistic about inter-racial friendships than the older children.
922792537: I feel that prejudice against race is learned through socialization. Depending on the society we live in is the way we understand race. If you are raised in a highly white neighborhood, or visa versa, your thoughts about another races would be negative or not really good. If the society we live in dislike or disapproves something, we will do the same.
922792537: Prejudice against race is learned through socialization and biologically predetermined. Prejudice against race is biologically predetermined to put people in boxes and then socially reinforced. We biologically try to be friends with people who look like us. But our behavior or thoughts toward others can also be influenced socially by our parents or people we grew up around. For example, if from a young age your parents say that they only associate with white people and avoid people of different race, then in your older age you are more likely to also think that way.
#966292420 I believe that prejudice against race is learned through both socialization more so than through some sort of biologically predetermination. I believe this mainly do to the fact that the study revealed that at a young age, children were more likely to believe that the two children of different races were friends and it seemed to me that those children saw race merely as a backdrop and not as a wall between people. Going along with this thought, the children that were studied at a later age thought the complete opposite and I think that the only reason for such a paradoxical shift is through socialization of these prejudices by their parents, relatives, and so on. This is exacerbated by the fact that many of the children that were interviewed pointed to their parents as a deterrent to date outside of their race and had less to do with the fact they felt some sort of prejudice from birth.
966292420 After learning more on this topic, I actually rescind my previous answer. While socialization is a contributing factor for prejudice and racism, a biological disposition is actually the most major factor when talking about prejudice. This is the case due to the in-group and the out-group which manifests itself in based on race as people that are white tend to be in the in-group with other white people and the same is true for all the other races. Moreover, people within the in-group will also look down upon those in the out-group based on these biological dispositions which then manifest themselves in the form of prejudices and stereotypes (Canadians are nice, the Irish like to drink, British people have bad teeth, etc.).
we are biologically predisposed to categorize groups of people whether it is us (ingroup) or them (outgroup), but the contents of our stereotypes/prejudices are socialized.
916105999: After viewing the clip, I believe that prejudice against race is learned through socialization for the most part. For example, the girl near the end of the video's attitude toward race was much more accepting because she went to a predominantly African American school despite the fact that her parents were prejudiced. In this course though we learned that the tendency to hold stereotypes and prejudices may be innate (natural). Humans also naturally group objects (object categorization) and it is innately programmed. People automatically know stereotypes and have to work to override them. However, the info of these stereotypes are learned (socialization) and depending on what you are taught and see from the people and environment around you, it can affect your outlook on race and give you certain prejudices or lack thereof.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that prejudice against race is based mostly on socialization. People often form opinions on others based on what the people they hang around say about them. Many of these beliefs stem from what a person’s family believes. For example, if a white child’s parents are openly prejudice against African Americans, that child forms his/her own opinions about African Americans based on the things his/her parents say about people of that race. As we age, we socialize more with other people, and we continue to form opinions similar to those of the people around us. This can easily lead to some clear prejudice against race.
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ReplyDelete• I believe that it is only learned through socialization. In the video most of the people said it was because either a parent or some other social interaction that caused them to have this outlook of race. When most children were very open to being friends with one another since they aren’t old enough yet to be influenced as much by society.
902861799• NEW RESPONSE- previously I believed that kids would be taught through socialization but in reality, all people are actually born with these beliefs although stereotypes may be learned we are all born to make categories for all items and essentially put individuals race and gender in a separate box creating groups (in groups and outgroups).
Delete902861799• NEW RESPONSE- previously I believed that kids would be taught through socialization but in reality, all people are actually born with these beliefs although stereotypes may be learned we are all born to make categories for all items and essentially put individuals race and gender in a separate box creating groups (in groups and outgroups).
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ReplyDeleteAfter watching the video, I feel that prejudice against race is learned through socialization. The younger children were optimistic through the scenarios while the older kids were more pessimistic because they have experienced or have seen prejudice. Since the younger kids were more optimistic, it shows that no one is born prejudice and that it is often learned through society and culture. One of the older kids mentioned that his friend’s mom said they couldn’t be friends anymore because he was black. The kids were friends prior to her pointing out the black kid’s race, and she was trying to force prejudice thoughts onto her son. There were many scenarios in the clip that showed the young children not having an issue with race, but the older kids viewed the scenario with more prejudice. Since prejudice isn’t biologically predetermined, the younger children seemed more optimistic about inter-racial friendships than the older children.
922792537: I feel that prejudice against race is learned through socialization. Depending on the society we live in is the way we understand race. If you are raised in a highly white neighborhood, or visa versa, your thoughts about another races would be negative or not really good. If the society we live in dislike or disapproves something, we will do the same.
ReplyDelete922792537: Prejudice against race is learned through socialization and biologically predetermined. Prejudice against race is biologically predetermined to put people in boxes and then socially reinforced. We biologically try to be friends with people who look like us. But our behavior or thoughts toward others can also be influenced socially by our parents or people we grew up around. For example, if from a young age your parents say that they only associate with white people and avoid people of different race, then in your older age you are more likely to also think that way.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that prejudice against race is learned through both socialization more so than through some sort of biologically predetermination. I believe this mainly do to the fact that the study revealed that at a young age, children were more likely to believe that the two children of different races were friends and it seemed to me that those children saw race merely as a backdrop and not as a wall between people. Going along with this thought, the children that were studied at a later age thought the complete opposite and I think that the only reason for such a paradoxical shift is through socialization of these prejudices by their parents, relatives, and so on. This is exacerbated by the fact that many of the children that were interviewed pointed to their parents as a deterrent to date outside of their race and had less to do with the fact they felt some sort of prejudice from birth.
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DeleteAfter learning more on this topic, I actually rescind my previous answer. While socialization is a contributing factor for prejudice and racism, a biological disposition is actually the most major factor when talking about prejudice. This is the case due to the in-group and the out-group which manifests itself in based on race as people that are white tend to be in the in-group with other white people and the same is true for all the other races. Moreover, people within the in-group will also look down upon those in the out-group based on these biological dispositions which then manifest themselves in the form of prejudices and stereotypes (Canadians are nice, the Irish like to drink, British people have bad teeth, etc.).
we are biologically predisposed to categorize groups of people whether it is us (ingroup) or them (outgroup), but the contents of our stereotypes/prejudices are socialized.
Delete916105999: After viewing the clip, I believe that prejudice against race is learned through socialization for the most part. For example, the girl near the end of the video's attitude toward race was much more accepting because she went to a predominantly African American school despite the fact that her parents were prejudiced. In this course though we learned that the tendency to hold stereotypes and prejudices may be innate (natural). Humans also naturally group objects (object categorization) and it is innately programmed. People automatically know stereotypes and have to work to override them. However, the info of these stereotypes are learned (socialization) and depending on what you are taught and see from the people and environment around you, it can affect your outlook on race and give you certain prejudices or lack thereof.
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