affected by cognitive biases‚ “a cognitive bias refers to systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in judgement‚ whereby inferences about other people and situations may be drawn in an illogical fashion” (Wikipedia‚ 2016). In simpler terms cognitive biases are natural ways our brains work that causes distortions or errors in thought or judgement. There are multiple types of cognitive biases‚ three examples I have experienced are confirmation bias‚ representativeness heuristic‚ and the
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"Halloween’s coming up. If you could have Mitt Romney dress in a costume‚ what should he be for Halloween?" The above is quoted as an actual question asked by Douglas Brinkley of Rolling Stone to none other than the President of the United States‚ Barack Hussein Obama‚ in an interview printed in October 2012. While a periodical known primarily for mainstream music news‚ Rolling Stone does employ international caliber journalists‚ and certainly should be printing a slightly higher quality drivel
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initial absurdity of this claim would soon enough result in a deafening outcry by the public with fear and fury running rampant. Currently‚ the media has such a powerful influence on the public that with a single line of text the nation could be sent into anarchy. With no means to slow the speed at which the media can spread information‚ fraudulent news can quickly influence the public. A similar scenario is possible if the media neglects to pursue objectivity and denounce bias. Therefore‚ the media
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Critical Thinking and Sexual Decision PSY/265 January 18‚ 2013 Critical Thinking and Sexual Decision When using value systems for making sexual decisions‚ you are talking about legalism‚ Situational ethics‚ ethical revelation‚ hedonism‚ ascetism‚ utilitarianism and rationalism. Each of these value systems is another way of justifying why you make the decisions you make. According to Rathus‚ Nevid‚ and Fichner-Rathus (2011) legalism is when people base their decisions on an external code of
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Detecting Media Bias Annie Askew HUM/111 Critical and Creative Thinking July 8‚ 2012 Christopher Boyer Introduction: Chief Justice John Roberts stated that is was a tax‚ however‚ the debate continues on how to clarify The “Affordable Care Act”. The debate as well as the country is divided on how the law will proceed‚ and the language used to define it‚ will shape the 2012 Presidential
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and to not judge people by how they appear. After reading the book: Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald‚ I have realized that all this time that I have been striving to be a good person‚ I have actually been judging them due to a part of my brain that I had no idea existed until now‚ it is called my “blindspot”. In the book Mahzarin and Anthony call a person’s hidden bias their “blindspot”. That is due to one thinking they are a good person‚ but
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Imagine that you have tried to reach a friend (with whom you have an ambivalent relationship) by phone (or email)‚ leaving messages‚ yet have not received a call in return. In situation like this‚ it is easy to jump to conclusions in an intuitive manner that your friend wants to avoid you. The danger‚ of course‚ is that you leave this belief unchecked and start to act as though it were true. Confirmation bias occurs from the direct influence of desire on beliefs. When people would like a certain
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Bias and Corruption in the Media Maurice Darbey Sr. COM/156 May 20‚ 2012 Seitu Stephens Have you ever been watching the news and thought you weren’t being given all the details in the story? Or as if the reporter was deliberately reporting in a certain manner to stir up controversy? If so‚ do not think you are the only one who feels this way. Over the years many people have accused the new media of having bias in their reporting. Certain news networks have appeared to have some sort of
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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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Response Paper 2 1. How would you explain the similarities and differences between fundamental attribution error and self-serving bias to someone who was not familiar with the two concepts? Fundamental attribution error and self-serving bias are similar in that they both are errors made using perception. Fundamental attribution error deals with wrongly explaining a behavior based on some factors that are internal. It can also be explained as over exaggerating a reason behind a person’s behavior or
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