Bias&Prejudice

Bias

The action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way,because if allowing personal opionions to influence your judgement

Anchoring Bias

This happens when people rely too much on pre existing information or the first information they find when making decisions and end up filtering all new information

Media Bias

This happens when journalists and news producers select the events and stories that are reported and how theu are covered

Confirmation bias

The tendency of people to favor information that confirms their existing beliefs

Conformity Bias

This happens when one makes a wrong or uncomfortable decision to fit in to please the group of people

Halo Effect

A type of cognitive bias whereby our perception of someone is positively influenced by our opinions of that persons other related trait

Prejudice

An unfavorable opinion or feeling beforehand without knowledge thought or reason

Prejudice

Can have a strong influence on how people behave nad interact with others particularly with those who are different from another group

The idea that groups of people exhibit different personality, characteristics,and can be seperated based on the dominance of one race over another

Racism

A form of prejudicr based on sex or gender

Sexism

This is prejudicr based on social class or grouping of individuals baded on weakth occupation,income,education,and social network

Classism

This is a prejudical 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 religion

Religion