Explore the following websites to learn about some of the details of the shooting of Mike Brown and the aftermath of that event. We will use this information to help us determine the extent that memory is reliable and to determine the role it should play in the justice system. Guiding Questions:
How may have cognition (Biases, Stereotypes, Decision Making, Memory, Attention, Perception, Etc.) impacted the initial confrontation between Michael Brown and Officer Darren Wilson?
To what extent are the eyewitness accounts reliable. What factors may have impacted their reliability?
In what other ways does cognition impact this situation and the ongoing topics of race, police brutality, equity, and justice in our nation and world?
How can we use our understanding of Social Identity Theory and other psychology in order to reach some common ground on contentious issues in our nation today. To what extent is Tribalism inevitable?