PSYC 354 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ambivalent Sexism, Implicit Stereotype, Stereotype Threat
19 Dec 2016
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Includes the lens of culture justice and equity: allows us to understand the best and worst human behavior across cultural differences. Psychological science and civil rights: predict and explain human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, allows us to understand the causes of the best and worst of human behavior, civil rights. Right of same sex couples to adopt children. Elimination of life sentences for juvenile offenders. Social justice, civil rights and psychology: dr. melba vasquez called on psychologists to address issues of equality, justice and minimizing human suffering, counseling psychology. Social justice and advocacy are one of the 5 central pillars or themes of discipline. What can we do about social problems: self-reflection and awareness work to change implicit and explicit attitudes, learn to listen to differing perspectives demonstrate empathy, learn to dialogue across difference engage, take risks. Identify racism, sexism, homophobia, classism and other types of injustice take action.
