Types of Prejudice and Bias Quiz

Types of Prejudice and Bias

• Prejudice is an unjustified or incorrect attitude (affect) towards an individual based solely on their membership of a particular group.
• Bias is a systematic error in thinking that affects the decisions and judgments people make.
• Prejudice is a more emotional response, whereas bias is more cognitive. Prejudice and bias can often occur together.
• Types of prejudice include racism, sexism, homophobia, and religious prejudice.
• Types of bias include confirmation bias (favoring information confirming existing beliefs), anchoring bias (over-reliance on initial information), and availability heuristic (overestimating the likelihood of easily recalled events).

Bias or Prejudice

• Prejudice involves preconceived judgments about a group of people, often based on stereotypes.
• Bias is a systematic tendency to favor one thing over another that influences how people perceive information.
• Prejudice and bias can result in discrimination, which involves treating people unfairly.
• Both prejudice and bias can be conscious or unconscious.

Types of Content

• Content can be classified into various categories, including news articles, social media posts, advertisements, and personal blogs.
• Determining the credibility and reliability of content is crucial for avoiding misinformation.
• Consider the source, authors, and intended audience when evaluating content.
• Content can be factual, opinionated, or a mixture of both.

Claim, Evidence, or Validity

• A claim is a statement that asserts something is true or false.
• Evidence is supporting material, it corroborates a claim.
• Validity refers to the strength of a claim. If a claim is valid, it is supported by sufficient evidence.
• Evaluating a claim's validity depends on corroborations from valid sources, quality of the evidence, and how well the evidence supports the claim.

Process of Fact-Checking

• Fact-checking involves determining the accuracy of information.
• Steps in fact-checking include identifying the claim, finding credible sources, comparing evidence, and verifying the claim.
• Verification entails determining whether the supporting evidence backs up the claim, searching for contradictory evidence, and understanding the specific context.
• Look for corroborating evidence from multiple independent sources.
• Fact-checking process involves comparing information against a set of criteria.