After completing the readings for this unit, assess your own biases and share which of them is your own area of challenge. This could include, but is not limited to: ageism, sexism, racism, or others. What do your readings and research tell you about how biases are formed? Does this understanding help you or not help you to overcome long-held beliefs about your population? Address this topic in 10 sentences.
Use your Lundahl, B. W., & Hull, G. (2015). Applied human behavior in the social environment. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. text to complete the following:
- Read Chapter 21, “Discrimination Influences on Human Behavior,” pages 497–523. This chapter explores racism, ageism, sexism and stereotyping; explains de jureand de facto discrimination; reviews NASW code of ethics related to discrimination; and discusses ways in which worldview and white privilege impact discrimination.
- Please review Lundahl and Hull: Chapter 21 [PPT]as you read through the chapter.
Use the Capella Library to complete the following:
- Read Croll’s 2013 article, “Explanations for Racial Disadvantage and Racial Advantage: Beliefs About Both Sides of Inequality in America,” from Ethnic & Racial Studies, volume 36, issue 1, pages 47–74.