Up This Week: The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Intellectually Challenged Men in Servitude | First Impressions & Their Pitfalls
Podcast |
Viewpoints Radio
Publisher |
AURN
Media Type |
audio
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Education
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
May 13, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:00:59

A look at what is coming up on Viewpoints for the week of May 12, 2019 including: If you came upon a rundown, roach-infested bunkhouse in the heartland of America, full of middle- aged and elderly men in poor health who worked all day at a job for little pay and had been for decades, you might think you had time traveled back to the 19th century. We talk to an author who writes about this very situation where mentally challenged men were pressed into servitude in 1974 and remained there until 2009 when some determined social workers stepped up to their aid. Then, We all get gut instincts when we walk into a room of strangers. Do we fit in here? Do these people seem friendly? Snap judgments are simply a part of how we function. But Princeton University psychology professor Alexander Todorov says that while these first impressions are natural, we should try to resist them.

A look at what is coming up on Viewpoints for the week of May 12, 2019 including: We talk to an author who writes about this very situation where mentally challenged men were pressed into servitude in 1974 and remained there until 2009 when some determined social workers stepped up to their aid. Then, snap judgments are simply a part of how we function, but Princeton University psychology professor Alexander Todorov says that while these first impressions are natural, we should try to resist them.

A look at what is coming up on Viewpoints for the week of May 12, 2019 including: If you came upon a rundown, roach-infested bunkhouse in the heartland of America, full of middle- aged and elderly men in poor health who worked all day at a job for little pay and had been for decades, you might think you had time traveled back to the 19th century. We talk to an author who writes about this very situation where mentally challenged men were pressed into servitude in 1974 and remained there until 2009 when some determined social workers stepped up to their aid. Then, We all get gut instincts when we walk into a room of strangers. Do we fit in here? Do these people seem friendly? Snap judgments are simply a part of how we function. But Princeton University psychology professor Alexander Todorov says that while these first impressions are natural, we should try to resist them.

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