Title: The Power of Social Psychology in Addressing Prejudice and Hate: A Reflection on Dr. Zimbardo’s Talk In his talk, Dr. Zimbardo addresses the issue of prejudice and systemic racism from a social psychological perspective

Use your perceptions of Dr. Zimbardo’s talk, and  Social Psych terminology from chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, when writing your response. Along with your social psychology commentary – I do want you to articulate your own process, observations and emotions regarding this presentation and its contents as they are relevant to our current American and World situations regarding ethnic prejudice/ systemic racism, and stereotype behavior.
What is Dr. Zimbardo addressing from a social psychological perspective? What solutions do you envision to avoid individuals and communities from shifting into negative and hateful behaviors? Can you imagine any solutions to this dilemma of human negative behavior(s) that would shift the dynamic?
Choose 2 aspects of the video to write about.
Use Psychological terms throughout your response Use the following terms and define how they affect events you observe in the film: Ingroup, Outgroup, Groupthink and Group Polarization.
*Bold each psychological term you are choosing to use throughout your  response.
Also include at the end of your response – your intellectual and emotional observations and feelings/ affect on the talks experience. 

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