Ideas about how prejudice might be reduced are explored in an article.

From the websites below, read one case study or article in detail. These case studies and articles highlight different types of prejudice in the workplace. http://comment.cio.com/soundoff/111303.html http://www.motivation-tools.com/workplace/social_prejudice.htm http://www.cio.com/article/101250/Why_Women_Hate_I.T. After completing the reading from the above list, post your thoughts on how prejudice might be reduced in this situation. as well as the six conditions of "The Contact Hypothesis."

Psychology and the understanding

What is psychology? How can an understanding of psychology impact your professional or personal lives?

Research personal space and discuss the basic spatial zones. Incorporate your personal experiences along with sound research into your discussion.

Each of us has unspoken rules that govern the use of our personal space. The study of personal space is called proxemics. Research personal space and discuss the basic spatial zones. Incorporate your personal experiences along with sound research into your discussion. Just 4 paragraphs please help me out.

Who is protected by the law and what aspects of the law an organization would need to be aware of when selecting individuals to fill positions.

You are the Human Resources Specialist of a start-up training & development organization (Human Relations Training, Inc.) which will be providing Human Resources training. You will be working with the president and operating manager of the company with regard to the recruitment and selection of new personnel, as well as their job performance evaluations after they are hired. As the HR Specialist, it is your job to ensure that you hire the best candidates while also protecting the organization from any legal challenges to your HR practices. The positions you will be filling are five training & development specialists; one secretary/receptionist; and one information technology specialist. R... click for more

Applied Social Psychology - Can expectation effects be exploited for good purposes?

Most times when social psychologists talk about expectation effects and self-fulfilling prophecies (e.g., Rosenthal, 2003), they emphasize the dangers that are implicit in these phenomena. And surely there are bad things that can happen as a result of the communication biases that expectations produce. But what about the flip side? Are there ways in which expectation effects (and communication biases that they produce) might be harnessed for the greater good? Might expectations be created strategically and built into interventions in order to create positive societal outcomes? Any ideas? I am looking for more of personal notes instead of outside sources. Although it needs to be em... click for more