IQ TEST RESEARCH A Research of the Reliability and Validity of the PSYGAT on Different Linguistic Backgrounds Abstract The issue of cultural bias in intelligence tests sparks debates every time the latter is created or administered‚ resulting to many researches into how the reliability and validity of an ability test may differ when assessed on groups from different cultural-linguistic backgrounds. The aim of this study is to test the reliability and validity of the PSYGAT Verbal IQ Test on
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PSY150 UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL BEHAVIOR TERM PROJECT Concept 1. Actor Observer Bias (Chapter 2) Actor observer bias is a type of bias in attribution process. In actor observer bias‚ people tend to interpret and react the same situation in different ways because of the position that they are in. As a result‚ they -as actors and observers- make different statements about the same situation. In fact‚ if a person is in the actor position‚ the attributions that s/he makes are based on the external factors
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Outgroup Homogeneity Bias Outgroup Homogeneity Bias is: “the assumption that outgroup members are more similar to one another than ingroup members are to one another.” So in saying that your group (two or more people that have the same interests‚ traits or goals) are different people with different lives and traits while the people that are in the outgroup (anyone that is not in your group) are all the same and can be categorized and described the same way. With this definition
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Being Bias‚ We All Do It. Many writers like to put time and thought into their work. Putting in all their own thoughts can sometimes not be a good thing. While I was reading several articles about Rosa Parks I have noticed that in every article that I read have some sort of bias in them. Throughout the articles‚ the authors show several points of bias within their background‚ point of view‚ and purpose. The articles I have chosen to read are about Rosa Parks‚ who was known by many people throughout
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opinion: 1) The candidate is female 2) The candidate is Hispanic 3) The candidate has been working at a competitor The representativeness heuristic may be applicable for item one and two. Perhaps the senior manager has a personal judgment (bias) toward a Hispanic woman ’s ’ ability to be successful as a marketing manager. This would fall in the A‚ B‚ C ’s of representativeness‚ specifically‚ conjunctive fallacy. Relating A (Hispanic) to B (female) to the candidates success or failure as marketing
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Bias: Bias is when a documentary has an inclination towards a particular view or opinion. It is important when creating a documentary that all opinions and views are recognised and explored in the film and that it doesn’t focus entirely on one side of the story. An example of a documentary that is biased is Super Size Me‚ directed by Morgan Spurlock. The documentary primarily focuses on the detrimental effects of fast food and it does not mention any positive effects it could have. The documentary
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Hate crime‚ also known as bias crime‚ is a criminal act committed against a person‚ property‚ or society which is motivated by the perpetrator ’s bias against a race‚ religion‚ disability‚ sexual orientation or ethnicity/national origin. Congress enacted the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990 on April 23 of that same year in response to growing national concern over crimes motivated by bias. The Act requires the Attorney General to "collect data about crimes that show evidence of prejudice based
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What are some examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and specific rhetorical devices in the speech? In the speech kane uses a variety of bias which include political bias in which he is doing against Jim W. Gettys. He also uses different types of fallacies which are scapegoating‚ and apple polishing‚and ad hominen ‚ and using straw man fallacies and he also two others ones false dilemma and slippery slope plus begging the question too . He also uses a few different types of rhetorical devices in his speech
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The Paradoxical Twins: Acme and Omega Electronics E-mail : rinomichael@yahoo.co.id Introduction: In this case‚ two similar electronic companies named Acme and Omega‚ Which situated closely one to another. Both of them are originally formed from the same company‚ but they grew into completely different companies. Below listed their company details and unique points‚ right after company’s establishment: Acme: Company size: 550 employees‚ with annual sales $10 million
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Throughout history there are many different perspectives‚ but what they all have in common is that the man narrating wishes to gain from his perspective and he will manipulate his words to form bias. There are three forms of Bias in American History‚ first and most easily identifiable is propaganda. An occurrence of propaganda is the two tellings of the battle of sand creek. Chivington states that the casualties for women and children were very low. He went so far as to say that the greater number
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