Confirmation bias

figuratively outweigh conservative textbooks. Hypothetically, if textbooks were written on the generally liberal east or west coasts, professors, teachers, school board members and other academic authorities would exemplify the concept of confirmation bias. Confirmation bias would occur because the books would likely validate that preconceived, liberal notions of history were true; and therefore people would likely disregard contradictory…

Global warming is a major topic of concern in todays society, as it not only effects the environment on a surface level, but it is a detriment to the animals that inhabit the earth. Particularly, the animal species residing in the arctic region have been hit with a heavy dose of negative global warming effects over the years. With rising temperatures, ice caps are melting, leaving these arctic animals with less hunting and living space. First, as a result of the ice caps melting, arctic animal…

Some news sources hold strong political bias’ and will sometimes provide information that does not accurately reflect the truth. It is fine to have a stance and opinions on certain issues, but when that opinion skews the truth of the story, then it becomes an issue. Although it is hard to completely avoid this scenario, students can go into a situation aware that their source may contain bias, and proceed with that mentality. Sometimes many different sources will…

handle the study to not know the hypotheses to prevent any biases, such as confirmation bias and so forth. But, I am really interested in Elise’s study about the hiring decision. The research question of this study is to find out whether the exposure to bias can affect peoples’ ability to learn and to transfer it to a new context. The hypothesis for this study is, people who were exposed to direct bias (the manager show obvious bias) will do…

questioner´s intentional or unintentional bias. Such questions should not lead to a particular conclusion, they must be free of assumptions. However, even neutral questions can get answers that are biased. To achieve neutrality in a question there should be no bias either in the person asking it or in the answer obtained. The form of the question,…

Forensic psychology which helps to analyze human cognition, behavior, and emotions is clinically applied in the legal system whereby it enables a better understanding of legal issues like eyewitness testimony, assessment of risks, tactics for interrogating suspects, better enforcement of law and also criminal sentencing (Costanzo & Krauss, 2015). Although psychologists work towards understanding and predicting human behavior, successful prediction of complex decisions remain challenging. Greene…

I watched the Greg Gutfeld Show on the Fox News Channel for my media analysis. It airs on the weekends from 9:00pm - 10:00pm. It is hosted by Greg Gutfeld and this week’s guests were Anthony Cumia, Carrie Keagan, Katherine Timpf, and Tyrus. Throughout the show, Gutfeld and his guests discussed the political news of the week with a comedic twist. To start off the show, Gutfeld and his guests conversed about the false BuzzFeed dossier about Donald Trump and his subsequent claims about widespread…

Therefore the ‘Defiance,’ is accurate to a certain extent for a historian studying the Holocaust, as it depicts the way the Jews fought their battles, for survival and freedom. Nevertheless the reliability is questionable as their was exaggeration and bias within the…

The first step toward acceptance that Carys and Don took was in trying to understand the objective story of what was going on. They realized that the other person was the way that they were for a reason. It made it easier to accept one another when they learned that watching patterns of behavior, communication, and relationships of their parents had an enormous impact on how they interacted with each other (Observational learning). This realization helped them both see that it was circumstances…

She kept working at Manne Siegbahn's foundation in Stockholm, yet with little help, mostly because of Siegbahn's bias against ladies in science. Hahn and Meitner met secretly in Copenhagen around November to design another round of tests. The tests that gave the confirmation to atomic parting were done at Hahn's lab in Berlin and distributed in January 1939. In February 1939, Meitner distributed the physical clarification for the perceptions…