As humans, we are constantly making inferences and developing beliefs about the world around us. Using the image of a ladder embedded in our subconscious, take a detailed look into how, rung by rung, we process our interactions with others and develop meaningful conclusions based on our assumptions. This could also serve as a great lesson on the concept of developing and identifying perspective.

Additional Tags

Social Interaction, social psychology, perspective, social studies

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Pros

• Incorporates good metaphor to convey subject matter, making the material easier to understand
• Scientific concept explored with real-world example
• Opportunity to flip the video: create your own multiple choice and/or open answer questions to check for understanding, add additional resources, or create a discussion question for an online open forum (requires free online registration)

Cons

• None