1) Jane Elliot conducted her experiment to allow her “subjects” to experience discrimination so that they would know how a “negro” would feel as well as to understand the assignation of Martin Luther King Jr. This was done by, telling her “subjects” how people with darker eye colours are smarter than those with lighter eye colours – melamine makes a person smarter. In the following week, the brown eyed and blue-eyed children had their roles swapped. Both parties have now experienced what it were like to be the discriminator and the discriminated. During the initial experiment, the brown-eyed students who were slower and withdrawn had performed better while the blue-eyed children were not performing as well. The “superior” brown-eyed children
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Due to the claim, the brown-eyed children’s Internal Attributions changed for the better. According to Plotnik and Kouyoumdjian (2014), “Internal Attributions” are “explanations of behaviour based on the internal characteristics of dispositions of the person performing the behaviour.” (P.585) The children believed the claim since the claim is not only conveyed by a trustable source, their teacher, it is also ‘scientific’. The claim would have made the children feel better about them thus bringing out their inner selves, which was outgoing and confident in this case.
External Attributions can be used to explain the blue-eyed children’s behaviour during the melanin exercise. According to Plotnik and Kouyoumdjian (2014), ‘External Attributions’ are “explanations of behavior based on the external circumstances or situations.” (P.585) In the case of the blue-eyed girl, her problem with multiplication tables was caused by a situation: the melanin experiment. The melanin experiment and the brown-eyed children’s behavior towards the blue-eyed children would have lowered the girl’s moral and caused her to …show more content…
In Singapore, we are a collectivistic society due to the influence from Confucianism. According to Myers (2014), “Collectivism” is “giving priority to the goals of one’s groups (often one’s extended family or work group) and defining one’s identity accordingly.” (P.131) Currently discrimination towards the special needs individuals exists because they are seen as individuals who are different due to their condition and actions. Since the special needs group are different, the normal people do not recognise them as part of their collectivistic group.
The special needs group has to enter this collectivistic group before discrimination can end. According to Trakakis, D (2014), “If all mainstream schools forged partnerships with special education schools, it would ease the shortage of places in the latter and help create a more inclusive society.” (P. A24) The first step to get polytechnic students to end discrimination of the special needs is to put them in the same space where they can
Due to the claim, the brown-eyed children’s Internal Attributions changed for the better. According to Plotnik and Kouyoumdjian (2014), “Internal Attributions” are “explanations of behaviour based on the internal characteristics of dispositions of the person performing the behaviour.” (P.585) The children believed the claim since the claim is not only conveyed by a trustable source, their teacher, it is also ‘scientific’. The claim would have made the children feel better about them thus bringing out their inner selves, which was outgoing and confident in this case.
External Attributions can be used to explain the blue-eyed children’s behaviour during the melanin exercise. According to Plotnik and Kouyoumdjian (2014), ‘External Attributions’ are “explanations of behavior based on the external circumstances or situations.” (P.585) In the case of the blue-eyed girl, her problem with multiplication tables was caused by a situation: the melanin experiment. The melanin experiment and the brown-eyed children’s behavior towards the blue-eyed children would have lowered the girl’s moral and caused her to …show more content…
In Singapore, we are a collectivistic society due to the influence from Confucianism. According to Myers (2014), “Collectivism” is “giving priority to the goals of one’s groups (often one’s extended family or work group) and defining one’s identity accordingly.” (P.131) Currently discrimination towards the special needs individuals exists because they are seen as individuals who are different due to their condition and actions. Since the special needs group are different, the normal people do not recognise them as part of their collectivistic group.
The special needs group has to enter this collectivistic group before discrimination can end. According to Trakakis, D (2014), “If all mainstream schools forged partnerships with special education schools, it would ease the shortage of places in the latter and help create a more inclusive society.” (P. A24) The first step to get polytechnic students to end discrimination of the special needs is to put them in the same space where they can