Cognitive bias

In the pursuit of knowledge, it is the knower who seeks information. How a person sees and comprehends this knowledge is adjusted when by society, and potentially a location. Each “knower” is different; some people can have multiple perspectives or perhaps a person could have an open mind. In my current status, I would have to agree with this statement because sometimes the perspective we have clouds our ability to understand different topics. Perspective helps us understand certain things due…

cognizant of the fact that other perspectives do exist besides their own, no matter how strongly they may feel, and that those different views, when considered with one’s own personal knowledge, can lead to the creation of a knowledge network in which bias and personal opinions can be diminished somewhat. This leads to greater fulfillment in the pursuit of knowledge, as all the different aspects of a specific piece of knowledge which exist and its repercussions in the global community are…

and accountability policy development and implementation (GAO, 2006; Zehr, 2006; Abedi, 2004; Crawford, 2002). There are several major concerns of English language proficiency assessments, first and foremost is the test validity, second the cultural bias of the assessments, third the nonstandard administration and fourth the assessment does not pair with…

Izzie Case Reflection Paper 1. In working with the family system, point out ways that you could assist in diminishing the following (oppression, marginalization, alienation, privilege and power)? Engaging diversity and recognizing difference in social work practice is key to diminishing oppression, marginalization and alienation. This is because diversity plays a major role in shaping the human experience, as well as in forming identity. Diversity itself is a complex issue that is affected by…

I Wished It Was Over In A Blink Quite possibly the worst book I have read. This is coming from a girl who reads over a 100 books a year for the last six years that makes this serious. Malcolm Gladwell’s writing in this book was boring; there was nothing to break up the never ending word vomit. In the book it says the two main concepts are judgment and understanding, which I see it may be a wonky route to get there, and I may have had to pull over multiple times for a nap. However, I got what…

Each source reveals bias through either the author’s claims, the evidence used in the author’s claims or through the author's ways of persuading the audience to either be in support of the transgender bathroom bill or to be against it. I would say that the interpretation of misinformation comes from both the reader and the writer because the writer may inform the audience of their own viewpoint along with facts and the reader would be the one that would have their own way of interpreting the…

that it is unfair to double tax the citizens (Maynard, 2015). It would be nice to read why it is unfair, and present valid reasoning to this argument. This reasoning would present a form of bias by not equally sharing both viewpoints in the same context. Any time, there is weaknesses in an article and bias the use of this source is…

and occurs when a recent event affects an officer’s entire rating (Peak et al, 2010). For example, an officer arrests a serial bank robber and it is his only high risk arrest of the year, but receives high marks on everything because of it. Rater bias is simply when a rater gives high or low marks simply because of personal feelings (Peak et al, 2010). Constant error problem occurs when a rarer rates a group too low, too high, or too much in the middle without any clear logic (Peak et al,…

As new generations come and grow, we create new cultures that are constantly changing and upgrading the way we think and function. Blogs have created a new way of expressing journalism regardless of qualifications and tend to express bias opinions in the articles published. Twitter has created a new form of "micro-journalism" to make small, unrelated thoughts known. YouTube provides a video form of free journalism and advertisement where each person has the freedom to express their thoughts and…

One cultural bias this author would like to share with the reader is about tattoos. This involves any individual who decides to wear a tattoo. For this writer, it is very difficult to see tattoos as an art. During her childhood, she was indoctrinated with the idea that whenever there is a person with a tattoo, this individual must either be a delinquent or a gang member who contributes little or nothing to society. This bias has created difficulty in communicating with these type of individuals…