Self-Serving Bias

Bias and stereotyping can both be harmful for self-esteem and the developmental process in children. Bias is not only harmful for the target group since it lowers the self-esteem, but the group who feels superiority over the other is also harmed. The feeling of being superior disconnects a person from reality. Too much of self-esteem reduces the appreciation of others and may even slow down progress for the beholder. Stereotyping creates preconceived notions in the minds of children and adults due to which they fail to see others for what they actually are and rather judge them on the basis of information that is misguided and obsolete. Stereotyping results in developing strong perspectives of people who are different and causes prejudice.

Women have expressed their political allegiance long before the dawn of modern era. However, the quest for equality has always been undermined by the male dominance throughout the history. Even in the most developed countries like the United States of America, women were not entitled to the same rights and privileges as men. “In Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Constitution did not grant women the right to vote. The Supreme Court upheld state court decisions in Missouri, in which a registrar had refused to, register a woman as a lawful voter because the state 's laws allowed only men to vote”.

Facts are statements that are indisputably true. Truthful statements are authentic because they are widely accepted to be accurate and fit reality. When answering the question “given access to the same facts , how is it possible that there can be disagreements between experts in a discipline?”, one must consider the definition of an expert. For the sake of this paper I am defining an expert as someone who excels in their field , and constantly evolves their knowledge as their field progresses. I believe that disagreements between experts when presented with the same facts, occur because of bias. Bias is a sway towards one side or view of a situation or statement. Therefore I ask , how does someone’s personal bias affect their interpretation

Technological advancements in the past few decades established tremendous accomplishments and developments in the methods used to distribute information to people in various parts of the world. Whether it be through television news, radio, social media, or the numerous other available sources, most individuals retain access to news regarding the myriad of ongoings around the world. Nevertheless, the sources of these reports are often unknown, and at times unreliable. Well-meaning but misguided consumers of the news often believe all information presented to them and assume its accuracy. However, these assumptions bring great danger, and their continuation will ultimately lead to an ignorant, dystopian society such as the one represented in Brave New World.

In an article called ‘People Don’t Actually Know Themselves Very Well’ by Adam Grant, it explains how others may identify or observe things about you that you may not take into consideration. “When Donald Trump tweeted that he was a ‘very stable genius’, he was accused of lacking self-awareness.” (Adam Grant/March 1, 2018). Donald Trump isn’t the only one lacking self-awareness, we ourselves may not retain self-awareness. “Humans’ blind spots are predictable: There are certain types of traits where people can’t see themselves clearly, but others where they can.”

*Monitor the children & watch for any discriminatory or bias behaviour. If you see any of this behaviour it needs to be dealt with immediately so children learn that it’s not acceptable behaviour which over time will educate the children on what is & isn’t acceptable to say.

What does Bias means? Bias is the prejudice in favor of or against one thing. It’s also can be a person or group comparing with another usually in a way considering to be unfair. There are different type you would never though it would be Bias or would offend someone still you think about. Example are like genders, cultures, and races. Some people celebrate their holidays different times and do different activities.

A personal bias of mine would be not being able to completely understand LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, queer, intersex, asexual) community and the issues that they have that comes along with being gay, queer, transexual etc. I think the reason behind this bias is that I am a married heterosexual woman so my sexuality has never been discriminated against, making it difficult to fully comprehend/relate to a potential client. Even though the world is progressing it has been a pretty slow process and by the looks of it, it is apparent that America is very hetero-centric. Johnson (2006) states how simple it is for heterosexuals in the world. For example heterosexuals can watch television or watch a movie and be assured of seeing characters, news reports etc. that reflect the reality of their own lives (Johnson, 2006). Heterosexuals, unlike those of other sexualities, are free and many times pressured to get marry, adopt children or getting a job without being questioned and harassed by society.

Experts in the same discipline typically agree with one another as they have the same facts and knowledge. However, when experts disagree with one another in the same discipline, it may cause contradiction between experts. Disagreements come in many different forms such as different opinions, facts, how one perceive things and one’s standard of right or wrong. In certain disciplines, such as history and art are filled with a multitude of disagreement as the two area of discipline are bias and subjective. Thus, different experts may see things differently in one discipline which can also be called area of knowledge. In history, self-serving bias and historical revisionism can alter the interpretation of evidence and influence the perspective

In case anyone thinks I have any bias opinions. I'm an 8th grade girl who doesn't really listen to these kind of things. But I do know what I want to change in this world. So in my imagination I Want to see a world where there are no wars, no fights, no violence. And I desire a world where kids, teenagers, and adults can reflect on our past and how someone fought for them.This is my

Being tilted towards on side of thinking. We are all a little biased on one or more subjects. I don’t believe that bias has to do with race. Bias is to lean heavy on one side or another side of an argument.

The nature of humans has always been to put themselves above others. For centuries, bias has been present in almost every society; the idea of somebody being different than another creates obvious boundaries. Bias against people who are racially, religiously, socially and economically different from their counterparts has created wide arrays of historical imbalances. Is personal bias an old freedom or is it an idea that should be censored to preserve the emotional and in some cases intellectual well being of others? The arguments throughout history on protection of victims versus the freedom of speech and rights of the accused has shown that unconscious bias affects every aspect of history in negative ways.

Public opinion is used by government officials to influence their public policy decisions. Public opinion is measured by different methods. Polls are used throughout election campaigns by candidates and the media to determine who is ahead and likely to be victorious. These results also determines where campaign money will go in the future as well as where the candidate’s efforts will be focused as the end of the campaign comes. A poll can be used for a variety of reasons, including people’s opinions on certain issues. However, polls can easily be biased. Based on the type of questions that are asked and the way it is conducted, can result in being biased. Questions need to be neutral to prevent skewed results. Besides polling, the news media

Many researchers have attempted to determine whether the media in the United States has an ideological bias; however, the topic is still up for debate and is likely to stay that way because the answer lies under a huge never-ending pile of data that takes a lot longer than a week to collect. Learning about the ideological bias that is or is not present in American media is important in understanding the impact that the news has on people and policy change. In the report evidence has been collected during a week-long content analysis of two prominent national news outlets that does little to support the idea that media has an ideological bias, rather it provides information that may prove the opposite, that the media’s ideological bias is exaggerated and possibly non-existent. The small data set demonstrates significance; however, further research is necessary.

After taking a close look at how I obtain my news on a regular day, I concluded that my primary news source is IRC networks of all things. An example of this is the tragic death of Satoru Iwata of Nintendo that happened yesterday. I was discussing something completely unrelated to Iwata when someone messaged us, sharing the news. From there, we frantically Googled, thinking it was some sort of prank at first. Once it sank in, we realized it really happened. Overall, my friends keep me posted, sometimes even while I am watching TV. I try to get multiple points of view, knowing the people around me have blatant subjective biases. In my opinion, yes, it is necessary to see more than one source before stopping for the day when it comes to news.