Assignment Task 1:
Video 1: YouTube Video: abc news Primetime Milgram
Questions:
1: According to the 'Electrocution Experiment" can we predict behavior based on gender?
2: Before you watched this video did you think that women or men would be more likely to 'electrocute' a person in this experiment? What social constructions of gender do you think shape the way we view women or men's ability to inflict pain or violence?
Assignment Task 2:
Video 2: YouTube: Shopping While Black - Social Experiment
Question:
1: Where you surprised by who helped this young woman? Why or why not?
2: Before watching this video who did you assume would have helped her? How does the social construction of gender and ethnicity influence who we expect to help out in situations of blatant prejudice?