Bias and prejudice
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- Bias and prejudice are closely related and often used interchangeably
- Both bias and prejudice have a negative impact on our dealings
- Bias is a tendency to look at things in a certain way, favoring one over another, resulting in unfairness
- Bias can be innate or learned
- People may develop biases for or against an individual, a group, or a belief
- In science and engineering, bias is a systematic error
- Types of Bias:
- Anchoring Bias
- Media Bias
- Confirmation
- Conformity
- Halo Effect
- Anchoring Bias:
- Happens when people rely too much on current or initial information in decision-making
- Media Bias:
- Happens when journalists and news producers select what to report and cover
- Confirmation Bias:
- Happens when one tends to search for, interpret, favor, and remember information supporting their beliefs
- Conformity Bias:
- Happens when one makes a wrong or uncomfortable decision to fit in and please a group of people
- Halo Effect:
- Happens when one sees only the positive aspects of a person, distorting perceptions of everything else about that person
- Prejudice refers to pre-judging before looking at the evidence
- Prejudice is an unfavorable opinion or feeling beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason
- Prejudice can strongly influence how people behave and interact with others, especially those from different groups
- Types of Prejudices:
- Racism
- Sexism
- Classism
- Ageism
- Religious Prejudice
- Racism:
- Idea that groups of people exhibit different personality characteristics and can be separated based on the dominance of one race over another
- Sexism:
- Prejudice based on sex or gender
- Classism:
- Prejudice based on social class or grouping individuals based on wealth, occupation, income, education, and social network
- Ageism:
- Prejudicial attitude towards older people, old age, and the aging process
- Religious Prejudice:
- Attitude towards a person or group differently because of particular beliefs about religion