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Assignment 6: Eye of the Storm
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Assignment 6: Eye of the Storm
“Eye of the Storm” experiment is an experiment or test conducted by the well-known third-grade teacher, Jane-Elliot. The experiment is also known as the “Blue eyes-Black Eyes” experiment. She initially conducted this experiment on the students of her class, where she used the color of eyes as a symbol of discrimination instead of the skin color. Elliot spread the word in class the blue-eyed students are superior to their brown-eyed counterparts and thus started treating the brown-eyed children in a discriminatory manner. The results of this experiment were in-line with the expectations of the teacher. Over time, blue-eyed kids became arrogant, bossy and unpleasant to their classmates and started treating them inferiorly.
Such an experiment can still be conducted in today’s environment where the idea in a group can be floated that men perform much better than women at a workplace. This represents a "microaggression". Microaggression refers to an idea, belief or a concept that usually communicates a negative or derogatory meaning (Moritsugu, Vera, Wong, & Duffy, 2015). This experiment can be used to highlight the importance of the struggles females make to get their due credit and respect in society. The "micro-assault" in this case may be "you are a female, you are not good enough." Various invalidations can come up in the case to discriminate females form males like "jobs that require extra physical strength are only for males."
The strategies that can be used to induce the “eye-of-the-storm” technique to the group can range from tangible to intangible. For example, tangible strategies can be providing a better working environment to the male counterparts of the group, with the inclusion of access to better resources. However, females should be kept away from better resources. In addition to this, males can be provided with less workload or work stress, whereas females can be given more stressful work to degrade their working capabilities.
References
Moritsugu, J., Vera, E., Wong, F. Y., & Duffy, K. G. (2015). Community psychology. Routledge.
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