Discrimination May Be Direct or Indirect

question 51

True/False

Discrimination may be direct or indirect.

Identify factors that affect obedience, including surveillance, expertise, and command hierarchy.

Analyze the impact of emotional and rational appeals in persuasion tactics.

Explore the strategies for resisting persuasion, including reactance, forewarning, and refutational defense.

Understand the influence of personal traits and situational factors on the susceptibility to persuasion.

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Definitions:

Groupthink

A phenomenon within groups where the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Prejudice

A preconceived opinion or judgment about someone or something that is not based on reason or actual experience, often manifesting as bias or discrimination.

Self-Esteem

A person's overall subjective emotional evaluation of their own worth.

Stanley Milgram

A psychologist best known for his controversial experiment on obedience conducted in the 1960s, demonstrating people's willingness to follow orders from an authority figure.