Write about a time in your own life where you might have experienced prejudice and/or discrimination because of your own group membership, beliefs, appearance, etc.

I’m working on a psychology question and need guidance to help me learn.

ESSAY #2 TOPIC:

Write about a time in your own life where you might have experienced prejudice and/or discrimination because of your own group membership, beliefs, appearance, etc. Describe how this treatment made you feel, your own cognitive thoughts/reactions toward it, and what you did about it.

OR, if you prefer,

Describe a time where YOU, yourself, were prejudiced toward and/or discriminated against another individual because of his or her group membership, beliefs, appearance, etc. Explain what you said or did and discuss how the other person reacted.

IMPORTANT: Make sure to include some description/application of specific course material in your discussion whenever possible. In doing so, please BOLD or underline the relevant class concept(s) you include in your essay so it is “salient” and captures my attention.

*** Maximum page length for all essays is 2 DOUBLE-SPACED PAGES. No title page or reference page required. APA style NOT required.

Please refer to the grading rubric for this assignment so you understand how your essay will be evaluated. In general, essays LESS than 1 1/2 pages which do not discuss the essay prompt in detail and/or include very little or no application of course concepts will NOT earn the 5 point maximum.

*** Only .docx and .pdf files will be allowed for submission.

*** It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to know when all papers are due. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED (*** see Make-up policy in syllabus)