General
True or False: A common misconception about culture is that all Indians are Hindu.
true
Describe the significance of the image.
- common images to represent India
- negative aspect of India
- shows a person struggling
How does cooking the facts affect being aware of a certain situation?
- lose one's identity
- changes the fact
What is the significance of this quote:
“This is why Cuddy was interested in the possibilities of the second social psychology concept, the one involving zooming out. She felt it might break up this limiting symbiosis."
- allows you to look at the bigger picture
What is one way India is misinterpreted in social media?
- TV Shows
- Social media apps
- images
Describe the significance of the image.
- Jessie
- How social media portrays India
- Common Indian character
Why is a growth mindset important when being aware of a situation?
- Have a growth mindset
- allows you to zoom out
- change one's thinking
Explain this quote:
“Indian misrepresentation in media has been prevalent since Indian characters emerged in American entertainment. Indians have constantly been inaccurately represented in TV shows and movies, further contributing to false images about their personalities and culture. “
- represents the misinterpretation in India, using the characters.
How is India's government portrayed and structured?
- Social hierarchy
- caste system
- portrayed as a poor country
What is the significance of the image?
- Culture in India
- traditional clothing
What is the idea of zooming out/zooming in?
- looking at different perspectives
- zooming out: looking at a broader perspective
- zooming in: looking at the individual's perspective
Describe the significance of the quote:
“ India is a well-established democracy and has traditionally had a very good record for governance, with elected representatives holding the effective power to govern and no major veto players undermining the democratic credentials of the state.”
- India's government
- Better government system.
In what ways has the Indian government improved?
- poverty is decreased
- well-established democracy
What is the significance of this image?
- the government structure used in India.
How does a growth mindset help be aware of misconceptions?
- enforce grwoth mindset
- to be aware of how certain groups in society are affected by the social norms that are enforced by people in power
Describe the significance of the quote relate it back to misconceptions:
“The benefit of all this unconscious cookery is that it works, but the cost is that it makes us strangers to ourselves.” (Gilbert 132)
- idea of cooking the facts
- The facts are twisted around