Prejudice and Bias

• BIAS is a disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair.
• People may develop biases for or against an individual, a group, or a belief.
• Bias can be very useful though as it helps us to learn about people's opinions and beliefs.
• Bias can be good when a person uses it properly and bad when a person hurt someone.
• Conformity Bias — This relates to bias caused by group or peer pressure.
• CONFORMITY BIAS

  Ana is unsure with her answers on her assignment. When her friends provide answers, Ana agrees with her friends' answers believing that they are smarter than her.
• Beauty Bias — This plays out in terms of other physical attributes a person may have.
• BEAUTY BIAS

  Our Company will only accept an applicant who is in 6 feet tall or above and someone who is good looking.
• Halo Effect — This happens when we see one great thing about a person, and we let the halo glow of that significant thing affect our opinions of everything else about that person.
• HORNS EFFECT

  Gina's friend can't deliver her speech well then Gina assumes that her friend is unintelligent.
• Horns Effect — This is the direct opposite of the Halo effect. It is when we see one bad thing about a person, and we let it cloud our opinions of his other attributes.
• HALO EFFECT

  Jen is thinking that people who are good-looking are also smarter, kinder, and funnier than less attractive people.
• SIMILARITY BIAS

  Shiela is rich and party goer, her neighbor suddenly wants to be her friend, but she knows that she is not rich and party goer. That is why she rejects her.
• Similarity Bias — This happens when we want to surround ourselves with people, we feel are similar to us. And as a result, we tend to work more with people who are like us.
• CONFIRMATION BIAS

  You got the first impression of your classmate that he is a bad person because of the way he talks. And afterwards, you become a keen observer of him in everything he does to back up your impression.
• Confirmation Bias — 


  This refers to a bias when we look for evidence to back up our own opinions of a person.
• BANDWAGON EFFECT

  Ana is an avid fan of Golden State Warriors but suddenly shifted to Toronto Warriors when they won 2019 NBA championship game and become famous and trending worldwide.
• Bandwagon Effect — This is the tendency to adopt a certain behavior, style, or attitude simply because everyone else is doing it.
• Gender bias — This is widely held set of implicit biases that discriminate against a gender.
• GENDER BIAS

  Women should always do the household chores.
• PREJUDICE is prejudgment or forming an opinion before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case.
• PREJUDICE

  refers to positive or negative evaluation of another person based on perceived group membership, but the usual is negative.
• Gender Prejudice — This refers to the attitude that all members of a particular gender-all women, all girts, all men, and all boys - are a certain type of person. From this stereotype emerges sexism - the belief that members of one gender are inferior to another.
• GENDER PREJUDICE

  All males possess the tendency to be womanizers.
• Ethnic/Racial Prejudice — This happens when negative opinions, beliefs, or attitudes are held about people for the simple reason that they belong to a specific ethnic group. It can be defined by either making an adverse judgment or opinion based on race or having an irrational hatred or suspicion based on racial or religious group stereotypes.
• ETHNIC/RACIAL PREJUDICE

  All Mexican people are illegal aliens and thieves.
• SEXUAL ORIENTATION PREJUDICE

  Lesbians and homosexuals are all bad.
• Sexual Orientation Prejudice — This is also called homophobia. It is often based on the stereotype that all gay men or lesbians are immoral and thus inferior. This may include transgender or transsexual individuals or those who defy being classified as either male or female.
• CLASS PREJUDICE

  Poor people have to work as house helpers.
• Class Prejudice —This is the attitude that those in a certain economic class are inferior to another class. It is a biased, discriminatory attitude, or a distinction made between social or economic classes.
• Age Prejudice — This reflects a prejudice against older adults. It is defined as any attitude, action, or institutional structure that subordinates a person or group because of age or any assignment of roles in society purely based on age.
• AGE PREJUDICE

  Leo is 50 years old. He is not qualified for a managerial position in the company because he is too old, according to his boss