Visit the Perception Institute

Visit the Perception Institute’s website at https://perception.org/. Examine one of the following areas and be prepared to share what you learned with your peers:

• Representation: Culture & Perception

  Media, entertainment, and other forms of popular culture play a significant role in shaping our perceptions of others. For many of us, popular culture is the primary way we learn about people who are different from us. The problem, though, is that many representations are based on cultural stereotypes, which tend to marginalize and caricature members of nondominant groups. Through these representations, we see a limited and distorted, view of others.

• Research: Science & Perception

  Recent research in psychology, neuroscience, and the social sciences has made huge strides in understanding how automatic processes in the brain shape our perceptions, our actions, and our decision-making. Research also gives us insights into how we can override our biases to bring them more in line with our conscious values.

• Reality: Living & Perception

  Stereotyping and bias are universal human phenomena. No one is immune from the effects of implicit bias, racial anxiety, and stereotype threat. These phenomena have serious impacts on our decisions and on the way we treat each other in every sector of daily life.