eng Flashcards
single sided illogical and non neutral support of a viewpoint in favor against the other
bias
when people are too relied on current info or initial info they find in decision making
anchoring bias
when journalists and news producer in the mass media select what to report and cover
media bias
happens when one tends to search for, interpret, favor and remember info supporting one’s beliefs and views
confirmation
happens when one makes a wrong or uncomfortable decision to fit into please a group of people
conformity
when one sees the wonderful thing about a person and let the perceptions on everything else about that person be distorted
Halo effect
preconceived judgment toward a person or people (race, social class, gender, ethnicity, homelessness, age, disability, political beliefs)
prejudice
idea that groups of people exhibit different personality characteristics separated based
racism
based on sex or gender
sexism
based on social class or wealth, occupation, income, education, social network
classism
towards older people, old age, and aging process
ageism
towards a person or group differently because of beliefs about religion
religion
verb forms used as smother part of speech
verbals
ending in -ing used as nouns
gerunds
gerund u modifier or a complement, all acting together as a noun
gerund phrase
usually comes before the verbs both action and linking
subject of the sentence
usually comes after linking verb
subject complement
usually comes after action verb
direct object
comes after the preposition
object of tone preposition
always in between two commas
appositive
form of verb, appears with the word (to) and acts as a noun, adjective, adverb
infinitive
verbal that functions as an adjective
- modifies noun
participle
always ending w-ing ; created from form of verb used with the verb “to be” (am, is, are, was, were, been) as an auxiliary verb (progressive tense)
present participle
usually ending in ed i-en , used with auxiliary verb (passive voice
past participle
