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    Gendar Bias

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    Address Correspondence to: Lashear C. Price‚ Department of Psychology‚ Cleveland State University‚ 2121 Euclid Ave‚ Cleveland‚ OH 44115. E- mail: lashear_07@yahoo.com Abstract In recent years‚ researchers have debated whether social bias exists between boys and girls regarding social skills and academic achievement. While most studies have shown that girls are more intelligent and experience fewer social problems than boys‚ the current study will hope to find otherwise. Many articles

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    Availability Bias

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    Availability bias can be somewhat confusing when information is subjective (Vozza‚ 2015). If you’re asked to evaluate your own performance relative to the performance of others‚ for example‚ most people will rate their own contribution to be higher‚ because that is the information they have most available.  It is much easier to recognize Bias in people other than ourselves (Traub‚ 2013). I believe I have a strong cultural and personal aversion to self-promotion‚ this has affected me at my former

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    Media Bias

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    the NYPD conducting surveillance of their apartment while they are simultaneously constructing IED’s. The suspects are also surrounded by other weapons‚ as well as ammunition‚ and contraband. This cartoon exemplifies prejudice‚ discrimination‚ and racial profiling‚ which contribute to a national hostility toward Arabs and animosity

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    Len Bias

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    the floor of his dorm room. Two hours later he was pronounced dead of cardiac arrest. His name was Len Bias. He was 22 years old. Bias was an all-American basketball player for the Terps just finishing up his senior season. According to those who have ever seen him play (myself included) he was a phenomenal athlete. According to those who knew him personally he was an even better person. Bias’ premature death is somewhat controversial because traces of cocaine were found in his urine during an

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    Confirmation Bias

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    Confirmation Bias Amber Daniel 3/14/2012 PSY/285 Monica Mauri Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for or interpret new information in a way that confirms one’s perceptions and avoids information and interpretations which contradict prior beliefs

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    Standardized Test

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    countries adopt a standardized test to evaluate education achievement. It is also applied to value what is taught in the national standard in order to measure goals and how students and schools are reaching educational country system. This test can be several forms of evaluation such as multiple choice‚ true or false‚ or open-end questions. If students pass the test they will receive their degree. Although some people argue that standardized test improves the education‚ standardized test is unreliable

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    Overcoming Bias

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    A lot of people think that it is much fun and games when someone else is prejudiced and bias to another over their ethnic background. One example of someone being bias was when my whole family and I went to go out to eat at this fancy‚ elegant restaurant. When we got sat down there was a person immediately saying‚ “they don’t belong here”‚ and “who let them in here.” This is my favorite one they said “they should be cleaning houses or gardening.” My family was so disgusted and irritated with that

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    Confirmation Bias

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    Confirmation Bias Rosemarie Hamm September 21‚ 2012 Confirmation Bias Confirmation bias is the human habit of seeking information that confirms one’s judgments or assumptions. One’s current feelings about a situation‚ memory‚ or person influence one’s thoughts and memories about that situation‚ memory‚ or person. If one is feeling negatively about something or someone‚ the individual will often recall the worst factors or memories about that person or circumstances. However; if one is

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    Forms of bias[edit] Actual and imputed bias Actual and imputed bias[edit] Bias may be actual‚ imputed or apparent. Actual bias is established where it is actually established that a decision-maker was prejudiced in favour of or against a party. Bias may be actual‚ imputed or apparent. Actual bias is established where it is actually established that a decision-maker was prejudiced in favour of or against a party. However‚ in practice‚ the making of such an allegation is rare as it is very hard to

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    Media Bias

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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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