When People Jump To False Conclusion

Today’s society judges people on the type of car you drive. Society does not like to admit to this but it is very true. Manufactures know this happens and targets their markets by these thoughts. Anyone who drives a nice vehicle is thought to be wealthy. No one wants to be seen driving an unattractive piece of junk because of what other people will think of him or her. Consumers also just feel better when they are driving a nice or new car, if makes them feel better about themselves.

Some sociologists believe that the cause of crime and deviance is labelling which is when a label is attached to a person or group of people due to their appearance, sex, ethnicity etc. Labelling theory argues that once this label has been attached it can create a self fulfilling prophecy, which is when the person begins to act according to the label and hence it comes true simply through being made. Labelling is similar to stereotyping but this is when a person assigns certain characteristics to a labelled group. An example to support this would be 9/11. Since this disaster people label Muslims as being terrorists

We learnt that people should not be using shortcut to judge others such as selective perception which is a perceptual filtering process based on interests, background and attitude. Another shortcut in judging others is stereotyping which is judging someone on the

A fallacy is the use of poor, or invalid, reasoning for the construction of an argument. It is an argument that makes an error in logic or makes assumptions that should not have been made. In the formal setting, an argument is two sides presenting their sides use logic and deductive reasoning. In the book “Writing Arguments”, authors John Ramage, John Bean, and June Johnson compare several fallacies. The authors’ describe the straw man fallacy as an argument when a writer constructs a misinterpreted version of an argument, that distorts its original meaning and intentions, soon after criticizes that as if it were the real argument. (401) A false dilemma fallacy is explained as two choices that are presented as if though they are the only

inferences and judgements about people and sometimes forget that it is our own viewpoint that

In the ways of the world it is easier to make assessments about people or objects based on a quick observation. For instance, almost everyone has heard the clique saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” This is a perfect scenario where looking at just what is holding the book together a decision is made on whether the book will be picked to read. In the same ways individuals tend to judge each other. Unfortunately, when quick judgments are snapped about a person or object the observer is missing out a bigger picture. This is defined as the fundamental attribution error. For example, a person kicking a vending machine over and over may not have an anger management problem. Although, the observer may make this assumption as they walk by not

Presumption can reveal false constructive attitudes about other people's ways. For instance, we in the urban industrial society often think of people from India as being "money hungry and intruders" although this view fails to identify that there are many emphasis in their way of life, with the contribution to communities. False optimistic presumptions can be just as deceptive as false unconstructive assumptions.

Expectations and prejudices which may lead to false assumptions or stereotyping (jumping to incorrect conclusions because they are hearing what they want to hear)

People judge others through stereotypical analysis, where untrue, negative thoughts about a person are based on precedent assumptions. The Youngers’ faced these issues when trying to move into a predominantly white neighborhood called Clybourne Park. The family was alienated by the neighborhood in multiple ways. In one particular way, the community board thought that the Youngers’ would make the predominately white, upper-middle-class neighborhood unclean because of them being the only black family to move into the neighborhood. There were times when the Younger family received unwelcoming looks and unfriendly responses from their neighbors. These types of accusations were morally wrong but not unusual for this era. To properly get an analysis

The actions of a few people cannot define a whole population. For example Cubans have a reputation for being loud however not every Cuban is actually loud. Which means that because some Cubans tend to be loud automatically all Cubans are loud. Another excellent example would be Hispanics in general. Plenty of people categorize Hispanics as Mexicans especially if they work in construction or outdoors.

In stories such as “De Las Casas” and “An Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano” modern day witch hunts are apparent because of how people inside of the story were treated due to their culture. America today is seen as a place for freedom, but in many cases America has been a place for witch hunts and targeting of other cultures. In many of the stories we have read, witch hunts have been apparent in ways that people within them were seen as. There is also a different type of witch hunt, such as the one seen in The Crucible. This is the type of witch hunt that everybody thinks about, the classical one.

An example of this is when a psychological study asked the participants to play mini golf and the test would measure natural athletic ability. The test group was all white. The study found that the white people who thought it was testing natural athletic ability did worse than the ones who didn’t. After hearing the game was going to determine, the players performance was impaired by the awareness of the stereotype that white people aren’t naturally athletic.

Automobiles symbolize the good and bad, people often look at the make of the car.

In today’s ever-evolving social media environment, it is impossible to find a single thread of comments that does not involve some sort of heated discussion regarding just about anything that can be debatable. Is this some sort of budding concept that has arisen due to the rise of the Internet, or has this been a pre-existing concept that has only now come to light through social media and the Internet.

There are three mechanisms that clarify why generalizations still exit even when people are given stereotype-inconsistent information. These mechanisms are illusory correlation, confirmation bias and last one is subtyping. Illusory correlation can prompt generalizations even within the sight of disconfirming data, because of the propensity of individuals to see a connection between occasional occasions and negative occasions. Since generalizations are frequently about minority gatherings and in light of the fact that negative occasions are normally rare, this type of connection can prompt the upkeep of negative assessments of minority gatherings. The supposition that there is a connection between two variables when there is either none or