“Because we often think of bias as a function of overt acts of bigotry‚ we can sometimes remain blind to the invisible structures‚ systems‚ and behaviors that bestow and reinforce that power and privilege on a daily basis” (Ross‚ 2014‚ pg. 92‚ para. 2). When I first began my graduate work at GSSW‚ I would have defended my belief that I was un-biased. I would have proudly provided reasons why I was not biased‚ and I would relish in examples of how my lack of bias and ability to set aside my values
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Cognitive Dissonance The term cognitive dissonance explains 2 conflicting cognitions where behavior and belief are inconsistent between each other. When one’s behavior and belief contradict each other‚ we possess an uncomfortable feeling by which we call dissonance. Because we are not able to change our behavior‚ we unconsciously change our attitudes for our behaviors to be consistent with each other; making the uncomfortable feeling go away. This adjustment is termed insufficient justification
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very common that bias is seen and presented on a daily basis in media through companies and politicians. Many of the items that are placed on websites‚ including videos‚ articles‚ and speeches‚ are put there by different politicians and companies with the hope of dragging people in with what they want you to do. According to Dr. Allen (2015)‚ there are several different forms of media bias such as bias by commission‚ bias by omission‚ bias by story selection‚ bias by placement‚ bias by the selection
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Gender and Culture Bias James C. Horton Jr. PSY400 UK - Counseling Theories Argosy University Introduction: To be bias or unbiased Bias or unbiased‚ most people know that we should base our decisions and acts in unbiased mentality. However lots of the bias of the world is generated to protect or warn others of potential problems or issues. As fear can be and is healthy in certain situations bias can be also. This of course is not always the case and although
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The implicit bias survey represents an individual’s unconscious bias. I believe these results to be unreliable because there were many factors which could alter the results. Factors that could have altered my results were being right handed or left handed and the way the questions were worded. I found some of the question difficult to understand. Before I took this quiz‚ I expected questions on the type of people I surrounded myself with‚ family backgrounds and questions pertain to race and disabilities
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Bias in new media “The biases the media has are bigger than conservative or liberal. They’re about getting ratings‚ about making money‚ about doing stories that are easy to cover.” This may seem like a trite saying but it holds an enormous amount of truth. As viewers we trust what reporters write in the newspaper‚ and say on television and radio stations. We expect them to report the truth. However‚ current media outlets distort stories and certain news reports are getting too much attention
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against and immediately had that feeling of unrest? That feeling is known as cognitive dissonance. Tension arises when one is simultaneously aware of two inconsistent cognitions or a cognition and behavior. Cognitive Dissonance theory is: When people behave in a way that is inconsistent with their existing attitude(s)‚ they experience discomfort. For example‚ a student researching a topic for a thesis may experience cognitive dissonance when it comes to cheating or plagiarizing material for their paper
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Solving a cognitive dissonance is a good way to look at all your cards on the table‚ so to speak. The definition of cognitive dissonance is "A feeling of discomfort caused by a discrepancy between an attitude and a behavior or between two attitudes." (S.Carpenter‚ K. Huffman 2010). This is means that cognitive dissonance is a problem that involves how you feel and what you are doing to cause the problem. For an example: a man has stolen a car. He feels upset that he has stolen the car but he is in
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without us even realizing it is media bias. We see it in the news. We see it on our favorite sitcoms. We read it every day in the paper. Yet‚ we really don’t recognize it when we hear it or see it. Media bias is evident in every aspect of the media‚ yet the problem is that we don’t even recognize it when it is right in front of our faces. The problem is not only that there is media bias present‚ but also that we can’t recognize it when we see it. Media bias is the tendency for the media to represent
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Cognitive Dissonance is a psychological discomfort caused by inconsistency among a person’s belief‚ attitudes‚ and or actions. There are three hypotheses that explain the theory. The first hypothesis is selective exposure which is the tendency to avoid information inconsistent with one’s belief and attitudes. One only accepts information that is consistent with their own thoughts. Hypothesis two is post-decision dissonance; which are close call decisions and can affect a decision one makes. And
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