Social desirability bias

As a family social worker who was assigned to case example #1, I would be inheriting a case from another worker who has already met with the family in question once before. The first step I would take would be to review the case notes. Upon initial review, I would notice that the family was Somalian, which is a culturally very different than my own. I would also reach out to the former case workers to gain an understanding of why the case is no longer being managed by them to understand what…

interviewed a facially stigmatized applicant rated the interview lower when compared with a non-stigmatized applicant (Madera & Hebl, 2011). Considering that bias formed at such early stage of life, the finding in the latter article makes sense. At Rice University, I am especially interested in working with Professor Hebl. Her research on gender bias in the workplace, how to improve the experiences of transsexual employees, and how individuals and organizations can reduce interpersonal…

experience of high school, written by Annie Murphy Paul of Time Magazine. Using academic investigations, personal experience, and several keen examples, Paul addresses the relationship between social and academic status in high school, to success thereafter. Throughout the reading, Paul points out how the primary social aspects of high school such as, popularity, identification of an individual through hobbies or interests, and the strength of one’s academic pursuits, relate to an individual’s…

getting valuable information out to the people, however, the value diminishes if the information is either inaccurate or bias. A common problem within the media is that it often supports only one side of the story which can confuse and damage our society. The public puts the most trust within the media and it fails them by not taking the time to provide only facts. Media bias encompasses a variety of faults that not only include inaccurate and biased information, but also the lack of…

Contemporary Social Themes examining different perspectives in articles about the Murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson. Most of them seemed to take the side of Michael Brown. After the activity we watched a New York times piece about Police Perspectives on race relations in America. This activity forced us to see the positions of both sides, something you see less and less in today’s media landscape. This activity opened…

Prejudice is a very common attitude in today’s society. A negative attitude toward people who belong to a specific social group,” is the common definition, which leads to the topic of racism. All over the country, I’ve heard people attribute racism to parents teaching their children a certain way and that is what ultimately leads to it. However, the scientific study of prejudice explains that racial and ethnic groups are far more alike than different. It also explains that differences between…

diagnoses of social psychology as emphasized by Emma Higgins is strangely so me. I have utterly been educated and reevaluated myself through Emma Higgins’s The Social Psychology of Ferguson. As accentuated by Higgins, “Let’s first look at some of the ways prejudices are perpetuated and affect our behavior.” A common misinterpretation in situations that we claim to find bias upon such as the events that Higgins address in the case of Ferguson, MO. Nonetheless, the social diagnoses of social…

system needed to change, and it did. But the question remains: where all of our changes for the better? The national art budget was cut or eliminated in many districts (Why the Arts Matter), technology has overrun our schools, and through it all gender bias still rules the classroom. The education system in American must change, but we need to get to the root of the problem, not just fix the symptoms. Education has been on a constant technical upgrade for many years. The use of technology has…

sixties women were considered to be inferior to men and therefore had to do everything that they requested. The feminist movement changed this view of women, but because the United States still has a patriarchal society it is still an issue. A major social issue that created controversy was educational rights. Women did not have the same educational opportunities as men. This has greatly improved in the United States, but it is still an issue in other countries. The feminist movement of the…

Principle III focuses on integrity in relationships and is the most ethically relevant principle. Its value statement proposes that psychologists will “act in the best interest of members of the public, situations that present real or potential conflicts of interest are of concern to psychologists” (p. 22). Five standards can be directly applied to the vignette. The psychologist needs to weigh the risks and benefits in the context of her specific situation. She needs to decide whether or not to…