Confirmation bias

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…

assumptions must be valid or the study is worthless (Leedy & Ormrod, 2010). Creswell (2013) postulated four fundamental philosophical assumptions. Assumption 1: Ontological assumption: Concerns the nature of reality, that is, a view that qualitative study is assuming the notion of several truths, such as the use of several types of evidence in themes using the actual words of different participants and presenting different perspectives (Creswell, 2013). The ontological assumptions made for this…

The last few weeks of the semester were the most interesting for my class, and in many ways the most active. I learned more about my students in the last few classes than I had the rest of the semester. While both my instructor and I agree that the class was one of the most unenthusiastic we had ever been a part of, we are both satisfied that the students earned the grades they received, and that we helped them along their career path. We encountered two major problems in the class this semester…

Sample The population of interest for this study were employed women (ranging in ages from 18-45) living in the United States. A list of employees from four different types of occupations were used as a sampling frame to form a population to sample from. Employment records from traditionally male-dominated workplaces: Engineering and police work as well as from female-dominated workplaces: nursing and reception work (INSERT CITATION FROM WEBSITE). By using this sampling frame, it should…

Did President Obama have Antonin Scalia killed? Find out more at 7! If one were to look at a current large corporate news source they would undoubtedly find hundreds of news articles that are similar to this one. Articles that have loud and catchy teasers proudly displayed without a shred of evidence, eyewitness testimony or peer review to back up their sensationalist claims. Furthermore even finding these articles may prove to be a challenge because one must first wade through thousands of…

The strength of personal convictions can be foundational in the development of professional identity, yet counseling students may not be conscious of this influence. Few people acknowledge personal bias against groups or individuals. The failure to acknowledge these biases may be reflective of a lack of insight about personal biases. The insights you gained from reflecting on your personal behavior The insight I gained from reflecting on personal…

I found myself in an ironic position when I realized that I was self-deceiving myself when choosing which article, Real self-deception by Alfred R. Mele or Self-Deception as a Pretense by Tamar Szabo Gendler, I supported the most. The first article I read was Mele 's and his way of describing several points of his view confused me as well as some of them enlightened me. As I moved on to Gendler 's article, I found her way of explaining herself somehow more reader-friendly and hence more…

Bias in Early Childhood Songs Music for Early Childhood-New Dimensions in Music is a song book consisting of one hundred and sixty-five short songs intended for young children and elementary students. At first glance, it seems like a very appropriate resources to use in a typical elementary music classroom. It includes many classic folk and patriotic tunes which are important for young children to learn. The songs are also quite culturally diverse with folk tunes and styles from nineteen…