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Understanding how Biases work

The document discusses various types of bias, including explicit, implicit, and confirmation bias, and how these biases affect people's beliefs and judgments. It includes an illustrative riddle about a father-son car accident that highlights the impact of stereotypical associations, particularly regarding gender roles in professions. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of understanding the sources of bias, such as upbringing, education, and socioeconomic background.

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Understanding how Biases work

The document discusses various types of bias, including explicit, implicit, and confirmation bias, and how these biases affect people's beliefs and judgments. It includes an illustrative riddle about a father-son car accident that highlights the impact of stereotypical associations, particularly regarding gender roles in professions. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of understanding the sources of bias, such as upbringing, education, and socioeconomic background.

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U N D E R S TA N D

ING HOW
BIAS WORKS
LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will be able to define and understand


explicit, implicit, confirmation and other types of bias.

Students will be able to examine why people


sometimes maintain their beliefs in the face of
information that

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READ THE RIDDLE AND GIVE YOURSELF TIME TO ANSWER:

A father and son were involved in a car accident in which the


father was killed, and the son was seriously injured. The father
was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and his
body was taken to a local morgue. The son was taken by
ambulance to a nearby hospital and was immediately wheeled
into an emergency operating room. A surgeon was called.
Upon arrival and seeing the patient, the attending surgeon
exclaimed “Oh my God, it’s my son!’ Can you explain this?”

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 Around 40% of participants who are faced with this challenge do not
think of the most plausible answer—being the surgeon is the boy’s
mother.
 Rather, readers invent elaborate stories such as the boy was adopted,
and the surgeon was his natural father or the father in the car was a
priest.
 As such, the exercise illustrates the powerful pull of automatic,
stereotyped associations. For some individuals, the association between
surgeon and men is so strong that it interferes with problem-solving and
making accurate judgments.

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How can people
have vastly
different
understandings of
the basic facts of
a situation?

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Why do we hate
someone so much
even if we barely
know the person?

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Why do
we like
what we
like?

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WHO/WHAT/WHICH DO YOU PREFER?

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EXAMIN
E YOUR PHILIPPINE
ACTOR
PHILIPPINE
ACTRESS
FOREIGN
ACTOR
FOREIGN
ACTRESS

CHOICE
S. SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY
(ASIDE FROM FEU)
FOOD MUSIC
GENRE

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DEFINING
BIAS
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BIA
◦ A tendency to
believe that some
people, ideas,
etc., are better

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than others, which
often results in
treating some
people unfairly.

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THINK OF IDENTIFYING
BIAS BY LOOKING FOR
THE SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES IN
ONE’S LIFE THAT MAY
AFFECT HOW A
PERSON VIEWS THE 16
• How one grew up
• When one grew up
• Where one grew up
• One’s education
• One’s political beliefs
• One’s religious beliefs
• One’s socioeconomic background

SOME CHARACTERISTICS TO CONSIDER IN


BIASES
MOST SOURCES
SHOW BIAS OR
ONE-SIDEDNESS,
ALTHOUGH TO
VARYING
DEGREES.
FA 4 SUBMISSION DETAILS
FI LE FORMAT ENGAGEMENT FI LENAME DEADLI NE
FORMAT

Word Doc By Pairs <Surname>_GED0112_ October 9, 2020,


<section>_FA4> 11:59 PM
MIDTERM
OUTPUT
For the structural requirements
and submission details, check the
Assignments section of Canvas.

Deadline: Oct. 17, 2020 (11:59 PM)

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