HOW BIAS INFLUENCES CRITICAL THINKING
How Bias Influences Critical Thinking
CRT/205
7/21/2013
I suggested a friend of mine who I’d known for 10 years apply for a position where I work. In the beginning everything seemed to be working out. Then the management team decided to switch our supervisor and hire people who supported their “new vision”. 6 months into the job my friend received a good review and a raise. Three weeks later she was fired. The first thing I thought was there is something not right here . She had never been given any verbal warning nor had she ever been written up. The supervisor asked her about an issue with one account on 3 different occasions but otherwise she was never told her work was bad. The only thing they said was we are letting you go because you are not a good fit. I was very upset , I felt that the other new girl seemed to do less work and have less knowledge than my friend. I spoke up in my friends defense. I feel like I was bias because she was a good friend and I didn’t see any issues with her work. Eventually it came out that there had been other issues that I didn’t know about so I guess there really wasn’t any type of critical thinking on my part and I’m probably on my jobs radar right about now. I think the type of bias I displayed may have been in-group bias, another cognitive factor that may color perception and distort judgment. We may well perceive the members of our own group as exhibiting more variety and individuality than the members of this or that out-group. (MOORE & PARKER, 2012).
REFERENCE
MOORE, ., & PARKER, . (2012). CRITICAL THINKING (10th Ed.).
CRT/205
7/21/2013
I suggested a friend of mine who I’d known for 10 years apply for a position where I work. In the beginning everything seemed to be working out. Then the management team decided to switch our supervisor and hire people who supported their “new vision”. 6 months into the job my friend received a good review and a raise. Three weeks later she was fired. The first thing I thought was there is something not right here . She had never been given any verbal warning nor had she ever been written up. The supervisor asked her about an issue with one account on 3 different occasions but otherwise she was never told her work was bad. The only thing they said was we are letting you go because you are not a good fit. I was very upset , I felt that the other new girl seemed to do less work and have less knowledge than my friend. I spoke up in my friends defense. I feel like I was bias because she was a good friend and I didn’t see any issues with her work. Eventually it came out that there had been other issues that I didn’t know about so I guess there really wasn’t any type of critical thinking on my part and I’m probably on my jobs radar right about now. I think the type of bias I displayed may have been in-group bias, another cognitive factor that may color perception and distort judgment. We may well perceive the members of our own group as exhibiting more variety and individuality than the members of this or that out-group. (MOORE & PARKER, 2012).
REFERENCE
MOORE, ., & PARKER, . (2012). CRITICAL THINKING (10th Ed.).