The Place of a Researcher: Subjectivity in Social Research Christine Crowe Submission for a Senior Honors Thesis April 15‚ 2014 -1- CONTENTS I. Introduction II. 3 Section One: Bias 7 a. Personal Bias in Sociology 7 b. My Subjective and Objective Research Experience c. Standpoint Theory 25 Section Two: Identity 28 a. Roles and Identity III. 21 d. My Standpoint 28 b. Gender 34 c. Socioeconomic status IV. 14 37 Section Three:
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Do the Media Have a Liberal Bias? Although media journalists claim to be impartial in their reporting‚ the media have a distinctly liberal bias. The journalists report; however‚ they taint the story with their own opinions‚ making it lean one way. A good example of this “selective” reporting is the war in Iraq. This bias reporting is not an accurate portrayal of a moderately sized group of Americans. Liberal reports downplay many conservative social values. On the other hand‚ some people say
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is that they didn’t really know it all along‚ they just believe that they did. This is what we call hindsight bias.
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Has bias ever influenced anything you have done? Have you ever been swayed by the way someone looks or by the color of their skin. In 12 Angry Men bias is everywhere‚ most of the characters have been influenced by bias one way or another. But by far juror 3‚ 10‚ and 7 are the most biased because they all can be mean‚ racist‚ and impatient. The first juror that is influenced by bias is juror number #3 by being mean. First he is mean in this book because on page 14 juror #3 says “ I never saw
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Self-Serving Bias July 20‚ 2013 ENG223 Normally people attribute positive occurrences to some internal factors or as a result of their actions while negative things are associated with external factors. According to Wood‚ people are somehow blind in perception of negative things that affect their lives. I have successfully‚ determined the existence of self-serving bias through a friends behavior and my own actions. In both cases‚ it is intrinsically hard to associate
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Stirling‚ Greskovich‚ and Johnson examined the role of response bias in snake sensitivity by using the signal detection theory (SDT). Signal detection theory was operationally defined as a framework to determine whether perceptual sensitivity‚ response bias‚ or both had an instant detection of fear stimuli. The authors utilized SDT in this study to prove if bias toward fear relevant stimuli was separate from sensitivity. Two different experiments were conducted. In the first experiment‚ individuals
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Issues of diagnosis centres around gender‚ ethnicity and social class‚ and these groups were brought to attention by people such as Rack (1982) who said there are biases in the way doctors diagnose illness. Illnesses can be diagnosed through two main classification systems known as DSM and ICM. The DSM is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and is published by the American Psychiatric Association. It was first published in 1952 and has been followed by many further editions
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Gender bias is a preference or prejudice toward one gender over the other. Bias can be conscious or unconscious‚ and may manifest in many ways‚ both subtle and obvious. In many countries‚ eliminating gender bias is the basis of many laws‚ including those that govern workplaces‚ family courts‚ and even the voting booth. Despite these efforts‚ many legal and political scholars argue that total gender parity remains a far off goal‚ one which many region are not remotely close to reaching. The legality
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Taylor Seda COM499 Reflection Paper 9 1/14/13 “THE OCCURRENCE OF GENDER BIAS IN LAW SCHOOL” Chapter 14 focused on Women in the Legal Profession and the challenges and changes they faced. “The Occurrence of Gender Bias in Law School”‚ was the subsection that I had enjoyed the most while reading because I thought it was ironic to have gender biases in a setting which both genders had to achieve a certain educational standard to be accepted into the program. From the start Matias explains that
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Un-bias news source: is there such a thing? Today‚ it seems as if every major news network is being labeled as bias. In addition‚ news organizations and corporations are constantly jumping through hoops to deem their selves worthy of reporting honest‚ un-bias news. The more trust they earn‚ the more ratings they get. For instance‚ one of the most popular names in news‚ CNN‚ has been trying to hold true to their slogan‚ “The Most Trusted Name in News” for decades. Despite their efforts to promote
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