Research Portfolio 10/3

Articles---Scholarly

PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF XENOPHOBIA

APA-- OMOLUABI, P. F. (2011). PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF XENOPHOBIA. IFE Psychologia, 55-73.

MLA-- OMOLUABI, P. F. "Psychological Foundation Of Xenophobia." IFE Psychologia (2011): 55-73. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Oct. 2012.

My research question is how people experience xenophobia of other people/races. To narrow that down most of our group decided to give a more specific example, focusing on the KKK and how they showed xenophobia of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement.

The first article is on Xenophobia and the Psychological Foundation of Xenophobia. This article thoroughly explains what xenophobia is, and how it is a psychological problem. It is not that people are just racists towards others but that there is a psychological reasoning behind it. This information would be very useful in a research project or paper. The article was a little long but one particular section of it stood out to me. It is on page 68 of the article which covers a section on the prevention of xenophobia. They stated that “The onset of xenophobia in an individual cannot be prevented because it is an unconscious and insidious process. The individual does not know when, how, where and why he/she became a xenophobe.” Also in the article it goes though theory after theory explaining different reasons behind it.

Article—Popular

Dark side of love

APA-- Yong, E. (2012). Dark side of love. New Scientist, 213(2851), 39-41.

MLA-- Yong, Ed. "Dark Side Of Love." New Scientist 213.2851 (2012): 39-41.Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Oct. 2012.

The article is talking about the chemical that makes us sociable and can also be the cause of xenophobia. The magazine article explains how the hormone oxytocin [which ironically is also the love hormone or the cuddle chemical] but the same chemical that gives us a warm and fuzzy feeling also makes us feel fear and in turn hate

This article will be great for the research project and for helping with my argument that explains how the KKK was showing hate towards African Americans and other groups. It is not that people are fearful or hateful for no reason but that there are a number of psychological, and chemical reasons for it.