Children in the blue eye/brown eye experiment, described in the beginning of the chapter, demonstrated prejudice as a result of
influence from their teacher as well as from the intolerant culture in which they lived. Which perspectives best highlights the influence from both the immediate environment and society?
The sociocultural perspective is one of the psychological theory which explains the awareness which an individual acquires about his surrounding. It also describes how the behavior of the person is affected by the exposure to their surrounding. The factors most affecting the behavior are the social and cultural factors. This theory is one of the most prevalent among the daily lives of the people. It defines the way the person communicates, responds, understands and cope up with the situations and reflects his behavior. The above situation reflects the sociocultural perspective theory which the children show. It is because of their social influence and the environment which has molded them to think in that particular way.
