Essay

So far in this course, we have introduced several theoretical approaches psychologists use for understanding SSPD and discussed how they apply to politics. For the remainder of the course, we would like for you to use these theories for understanding SSPD to address a political issue you are particularly interested in that is influenced by stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination. Our goal is that, by the end of this course, you will not only have a theoretical understanding of prejudice in politics, you will also have templates to follow when trying to address any situation where prejudice plays a role in politics.

Instructions

Choose a real-world problem involving prejudice in politics you would like to solve. For example, if youre working on a particular political campaign, you might want to reduce the effects of prejudices against your candidate on peoples voting behavior. Or perhaps you want to pass a specific piece of legislation and you want Democrats and Republicans to work together toward that aim. Pick a specific political challenge affected by stereotypes, stereotyping, prejudices, or discrimination that you want to address.

First, describe the challenge, including what the challenge is, the people or groups involved, and why and for whom it is a challenge. In your explanation of why and for whom it is a challenge, identify the specific outcome you would like to target for change. This will likely take some creativity and careful thinking about what is a meaningful but feasible change. For example, it is not feasible for an intervention to fix racism, but it may be feasible to get Democrats and Republicans to work together on a particular piece of legislation or to make voters less likely to use racism in a specific election.

Second, define your problem using each of the primary theories of SSPD discussed in this class (i.e., threat management, mental efficiency, self-enhancement). For example, list the parts of the threat-prejudice, mental efficiency, or self-enhancement templates that may be relevant to your challenge.

Third, analyze and discuss the relative strengths and limitations of using each of these approaches/templates to understand your selected challenge.

Please address all parts of the prompt in your response.

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