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    Objective 601.3.3-04

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    for all people. There is no one in this country that didn’t come from another place‚ not even the Native Americans. Yet I perceive that we are the most culturally biased nation in the world. Respecting cultural differences and avoiding cultural bias in an educational setting. Digging way down deep within myself‚ do I consider myself culturally biased? No. My own self-awareness dictates that I see others as myself. Does the color of a person’s skin make the person? The color of a person’s

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    Detecting Bias

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    Detecting Media Bias Everyone has their opinion. How much opinion should be allowed when it comes to the news? Is it possible to see a reporter’s bias when they report the events happening in our towns‚ states‚ country‚ or the world? This is when the reader‚ listener‚ or viewer needs to follow specific tips to understand the information at hand. The public has the ability to differentiate between facts and impressions. Recently‚ there was an article online about a bill that has stumbled in

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    Transformational Bias

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    something is true or false. When determining if something is true or false‚ bias can play a role in the final verdict. Conformational bias is “the idea that we only believe information that is similar to our beliefs is the start of the problem” of people believing fake news (Sundar). This can ultimately push a voter to one side or the another. If the voter was a Trump supporter but still had some thoughts about Hillary Clinton‚ his bias when reading an article‚ even with false information supporting Donald

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    Gender Bias

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    to be successful in any sort of way. So to hear that I may have been put at a disadvantage because of gender bias in the classroom upsets me in a way. I mean not to an extent where I think that every single thing I have ever learned was made so a woman could understand it‚ but just in the way that maybe something I didn’t understand could have been better explained but due to gender bias the ability to learn a certain subject to my complete potential was kept from me. But I think that the differences

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    Media Bias

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    Introduction One problem that plagues us everyday without us even realizing it is media bias. We see it in the news. We see it on our favorite sitcoms. We read it everyday 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. Are the impressions that we form about individuals a product of the media? Do we form certain opinions

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    Subconscious Bias

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    problem of unconscious bias in the workplace by choosing people from different backgrounds. They were offered emotional intelligence inputs and trained to work with each other right from the start. The solution was bound to have long-term positive effects and even corporate giants like Google announced a 20% yearly increase in diversity at the workplace in 2015. However‚ technological advances tend to appear suddenly and without warning. Bias in offices

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    Bias In Leadership

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    Gender Bias in Educational Leadership Abstract This paper examines gender bias in leadership as it pertains to this research question: Gender bias‚ does it exist in education leadership positions and how does it impact biblical teachings? Gender discrimination is a devastating reality‚ which causes very few people to stand up‚ take notice and speak out about the issue. Upon examination‚ the components of this paper will review specific conflict as it relates to biblical‚ legal and societal

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    Hindsight Bias

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    I’ve Always Known About the Hindsight Bias "Oh‚ I shouldn’t have missed that question‚ I knew the answer." No I didn’t‚ I just thought I did. I just further proved the concept of the Hindsight Bias‚ or the "I knew it all along phenomenon." This concept came about in the late seventies when psychologists Paul Slovic and Baruch Fischoff began studying how scientific results and historical happenings always seem like common sense to people when in fact ‚ they had no idea. Once people find out

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    Confirmation Bias

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    What is Confirmation Bias? Confirmation bias is a tendency of people to prefer information that reinforces a thought or believe that they have. People demonstrate this bias when they retain information selectively‚ or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for emotional issues and for deeply rooted beliefs. (Science Daily) Examples of Confirmation Bias There are many everyday examples of people using confirmation bias behavior. A student doing research on only one

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    Media Bias

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    A regular viewer may not filter out any bias‚ therefore media sources often times over-exaggerate in order to persuade their audience. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the freedom of speech and press‚ so without any restrictions media outlet can freely express their views

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