Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Implicit Bias/Unconscious Bias

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(b) Confirmation Bias

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(c) Conformity Bias

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(d) Gender Bias

• the tendency to change one's beliefs or behavior to fit in with others

• tendency of people to favor information that confirms or strengthens their beliefs or values

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• favoritism toward or prejudice against a particular gender

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• a learned assumption, belief, or attitude that exists in the subconscious

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Name Bias

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(b) Beauty Bias

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(c) Status Quo Bias

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(d) Halo Effect Bias

• the tendency to prefer certain names over others, usually Anglo-sounding names

• tendency to keep things the way they are

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• the idea that someone is privileged because they are pretty, good looking or attractive

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• positive impressions of a person, company, country, brand, etc. to influence

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CCSS.RL.5.6

It is essential that we search for _______ in the media by discussing all points of view of a particular story and then leave it to the readers to make up their minds.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

What is bias?

• sharply contrasting groups or sets of opinions or beliefs

• A positive or negative attitude towards something, often based on preconceived prejudices or viewpoints rather than evidence

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Match the following types of bias to the examples.

• Placement

• NBC: Trump Storms Out of Courtroom

  MSNBC: Trump Walks Out of Courtroom

• Sensationalism

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• Headline

• Social Media Post Causes Increase Police Presence at CV Schools

• selection and omission

• This kind of bias can only be detected by consulting multiple sources

• Pictures, captions, angles

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Match the following type of bias to the example.

• statistics and numbers

• Taylor Swift, a relationship jumper, will be at the Super Bowl.

• Names and titles

• An unvaccinated student got cut from the basketball team.

• Mudslinging

• Over 500 people gathered at the Queen's funeral; Fewer than 1000 people gathered at the funeral.

• Source

• CNN tends to lean left; Fox News tends to lean right

• flawed logic

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CCSS.RL.5.6