This assignment, given in the context of a Social Psychology course, introduces key concepts on the cognitive and emotional roots of prejudice as a setup to a three-class unit, and gives students the opportunities to analyze and integrate information in reading, lecture and video formats, to consider the benefits and limits of different methodologies, and to apply course content to novel situations.
Category: Close Reading
The inquiry log is an extended research project that includes a detailed record of the entire process of research and writing, so that students are working towards a final project from the very start of the course.