Biases and Prejudices PDF

PRAYER ATTENDANCE CHECKING PHILOSOPHY St. John’s Academy Inc. believes that every leaner’s unique gifts and blended intelligences come from God; engages in its discovery, development, and nurturance towards full humanity. VISION By 2025, St. John’s Academy Inc. is the leading innovative Catholic...

PRAYER ATTENDANCE CHECKING PHILOSOPHY St. John’s Academy Inc. believes that every leaner’s unique gifts and blended intelligences come from God; engages in its discovery, development, and nurturance towards full humanity. VISION By 2025, St. John’s Academy Inc. is the leading innovative Catholic School in Dinalupihan, Bataan. MISSION Devoted to nurture innovative, globally competitive student and servant leaders in building humane communities. BIASES AND PREJUDICES  Learning Outcome :  Differentiate biases from prejudices GUESS ME! Read the following sentences that will be flashed on the screen and guess the word by completing the missing letters. 1.Showing of special favor to someone. _A_OR_T_ _M  2. Treating people in a way that favors some over others U_F_I_N_ _S  3.Poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race. _ AC _ _M  4. Practice of unfair treatment of person or groups differently among others. _ _SCR_ _ _N_ _I_N 5. Showing only one opinion of point of view. O_E – SI_ _D_ES_ Directions: Examine the images closely. Write what you think is happening in the image. Directions: Examine the images closely. Write what you think is happening in the image. Directions: Examine the images closely. Write what you think is happening in the image.  UNDERSTANDING BIASES AND PREJUDICES B i a s - is a tendency to look at things in a certain way, in preference to another. It means to favor or support a particular one person, group, thing, or point of view over another resulting in unfairness. UNDERSTANDING BIASES AND PREJUDICES Nature of Biases Bias can influence how someone interprets information, makes judgments, or behaves toward others. It may or may not result in harmful actions, but it can influence how we perceive reality.  Examples Situation A hiring manager consistently prefers candidates from a s p e c i fi c u n i v e r s i t y, b e l i e v i n g t h a t g r a d u a t e s f r o m t h a t s c h o o l a r e m o r e q u a l i fi e d , e v e n i f other candidates have equivalent skills and experience.  Some of the most common types of bias are: 1. Anchoring Bias: This happens when people are too relied on the first piece of information “the anchor”. Example: You are buying a shirt, you first saw a branded Uniqlo worth 599 pesos, then saw a similar shirt from shopee worth 299 pesos.  Some of the most common types of bias are: 2. Confirmation. This happens when one tends to search for, interpret, favor and remember information supporting one’s existing belief and views. “confirming the initial belief regardless”  Some of the most common types of bias are: Example: A researcher strongly believes that a new drug will cure a disease. As they analyze the data, they pay more attention to data that supports their hypothesis and ignore or downplay data that contradicts it.  Some of the most common types of bias are: 3. Media Bias This happens when the journalists and news producers in the mass media select what to report and cover. Example: As a witness to the incident, I can attest that the reported news is far from what I see because the events are reversed and untrue. Common Types of Biases: A-C-M  Prejudice Prejudice means “pre-judging”. It refers to preconceived opinions or judgments about individuals or groups based on stereotyping people according to their race, ethnicity, gender, religion, etc. Prejudices are negative and discriminatory, involving unfavorable assumptions about people or groups before knowing them personally. EXAMPLE  Muslim women are illiterate and uneducated.  Men with tattoos are definitely drug addicts.  The most comm on types of prejudice include: 1. Racism. This is the idea that groups of people exhibit different personality characteristics and can be separated based on the dominance of one race over another. Example: All Chinese in the country are considered virus carriers due to the COVID-19 disease.  The most comm on types of prejudice include: 2. Sexism This is a prejudice based on sex or gender. Example: Women are considered weak and lack the strength and ability to do the work of men.  The most comm on types of prejudice include: 3. Classism. This is a prejudice based on social class or grouping of individuals based on wealth, occupation, income, education, and social network. Example: The poor are uneducated and do not help our country; they should not be treated well by the government.  The most comm on types of prejudice include: 4. Ageism.This is a prejudicial attitude towards older people, old age, and the aging process. Example: All adults should not be hired because they only become a burden, especially those who deserve to retire.  The most comm on types of prejudice include: 5. Religion. This is the attitude towards a person or group differently because of the particular beliefs about religion. Example: He lost his job because of his religion, which was believed to conflict with his employer. RA – SE - CLA - AG - RE MINI PERFORMANCE TASK #1 Directions: Create an AWARENESS CAMPAIGN about the different biases and prejudices existing in our society; choose one focus among the different types. (Caption: 2 paragraphs) Awareness Campaign Poster Content of the Poster – 10 Creativity – 10 Caption – 5 Let us practice! Directions: Identify whether the statement for each item shows bias or prejudice. Write BIAS or PREJUDICE.  _______1. A mentally disabled person should not be allowed to go to school. They do not possess the capacity to learn. _______ 2. A big amount of food was shared with his closest neighbor only. _______ 3. He's considered dumb because his grades in all subjects are poor.  _______ 4. The newly opened hotel in our town accommodates only rich people. _______ 5. Being a new member of the group, his opinion was rejected during the meeting as the senior officers think that newly graduates are not capable. _______6. Female teachers give more attention to girls. _______7. Some companies hire only women because they feel they make better employees for some gender-related reason or vice-versa. _______8. Muslim women are illiterate and uneducated. _______9. Gerald is a Catholic and he thinks that his religion is more superior than other religions. _______10. John is a Japanese and cannot marry Josie who is a Filipino. John’s parents do not approve him to marry other nationality. _______11. Joy doesn’t like Brian because he has a red hair. _______12. Angel feeds her Pomeranian more than her Askal dog. _______13. Parents will not approve of their children marrying anyone of a different race. _______14. The girl who wore glasses with thick lenses is a nerd. _______15. Rich people are better than poor people. _______16. The reporters talk about the good sides of a politician. _______17. Ashley first saw the branded shoes so she disregarded the locally made ones. _______18. Your neighbor blames teenager for the increasing number of crime incidents in your barangay despite the absence of proof. _______19. A successful businesswoman prefers women employee because she thinks they are more efficient. _______20. Your sister only follows people on social media who share the same viewpoints as her.