11th and 12th Grade - IB Psychology: Intergroup Conflict

Guidelines for discussions during this unit.

This is the book on one of the theories we will study in the inter-group conflict unit (dual process theory) and is also a good dip in and out book.

Click here for a police shooting simulation.

Article on implicit bias in the sciences.

Article- will Starbucks implicit bias training work?

"The internet encourages the spread of information that is emotionally resonant but factually untrue."

Article- using drugs to reduce racism?

"Is racial discrimination innate or learned? Are humans programmed to prefer their own group over others?"

"By 6 months, some 'attach negativity to people they're not familiar with,' scientist says"

"We are wired at birth to favor our own group over others. But science might be able to help us move past what divides us."

"When capable black college students fail to perform as well as their white counterparts, the explanation often has less to do with preparation or ability than with the threat of stereotypes about their capacity to succeed."

"Comments posted on Norwegian ‘Fatherland first’ Facebook group call empty seats on bus ‘terrifying’"

Click here for an overview of Social Cognitive Theory

"The aim of Bandura's experiment was to demonstrate that if children were witnesses to an aggressive display by an adult they would imitate this aggressive behaviour of their own accord."