Bias and Prejudice Flashcards
Single-sided illogical and non-neutral support of a viewpoint in favor against the other.
Bias
Commonly used to refer to a preconceived judgement toward a people or person because of race, social class, gender, ethnicity, homelessness, age, disability, political beliefs, obesity, religion, or sexual orientation.
Prejudice
5 types of bias
Anchoring bias
Media bias
Confirmation
Conformity
Halo effect
This happens when people are too relied on current information or the initial information they find in decision making.
Anchoring bias
This happens when the journalists and news producers in the mass media select what to report and cover.
Media bias
This happens when one tends to search for, interpret, favor and remember information supporting one’s beliefs and views.
Confirmation
This happens when one makes a wrong or uncomfortable decision to fit in to please a group of people.
Conformity
This happens when one sees the wonderful thing about a person and let the perceptions on everything else about that person be distorted.
Halo effect
5 types of prejudice
Racism
Sexism
Classism
Ageism
Religion
This is the idea that groups of people exhibit different personality characteristics and can be separated based on the dominance of one race over another.
Racism
This is a prejudice based on sex or gender.
Sexism
A prejudice based on social class or grouping of individuals based on wealth, occupation, income, education, and social network.
Classism
A prejudicial attitude towards older people, old age, and the aging process.
Ageism
This is the attitude towards a person or group differently because of the particular beliefs about a religion.
Religion
Identify what kind of bias:
“If you see a car that costs $85,000 and then another car that costs $30,000, you could be influenced to think the second car is very cheap. Whereas, if you saw a $5,000 car first and the $30,000 one second, you might think it’s very expensive.”
Anchoring Bias