User:Matthew M/Week 2 - Introductory Tutorial

Week 2 - 29/07/08 - Introductory Tutorial
This first class seemed to be a basic introductory tutorial into the unit. The class involved learning the basic definition of Social Psychology which bases around the understanding of how human beings think, act and feel.

Matters in relation to the assessment for this unit within this semester such as the e-portfolio, the essay, and the exam were all addressed and thoroughly explained.

At the same time the class was conducted in a more social manner rather than usual classes requiring class members to participate more into activities rather than just sitting down and listening. Students within the tutorial were required to introduce themselves to each other and get to know other members of the class. Various activities and exercises were conducted within the class.

One of the activities involved students within the tutorial to separate themselves into groups on various occasions based on a variety of factors such as birthplace, where he/she currently lives, the number of siblings within their family, relationship status, religious beliefs, and also eye colour. It seemed that the basic reasoning behind the exercises and the splitting of class members into groups were to examine and learn about the experiments conducted by Jane Elliot in the 1960’s. This experiment was known as the “blue-eyed/brown-eyed” experiments. There were conducted on grade school children, to allow the children to understand more about discrimination. Further on these experiments became the basis of diversity training.