Cultural bias

Francis Simonh M. Bries (2012-24817, MA Psychology) Psychology 282: Reflections—A Theory of Heuristic and Systematic Information Processing 14 February 2017 Heuristic and Systematic Processing: When Do People Think? As opposed to attribution theory 's emphasis on human rationality in the search for the causes of behavior, the theory of heuristic and systematic information processing takes a stance on the opposite end: Humans, with all things being equal, could not be bothered to think deeper than

Racial and Cultural Test Bias, Stereotype Threat and Their Implications A substantial amount of educational and psychological research has consistently demonstrated that African American students underperform academically relative to White students. For example, they tend to receive lower grades in school (e.g., Demo & Parker, 1987; Simmons, Brown, Bush, & Blyth, 1978), score lower on standardized tests of intellectual ability (e.g., Bachman, 1970; Herring, 1989; Reyes & Stanic, 1988; Simmons

It is often implied that one should consider applications from “all perspectives” prior to thoroughly evaluating a situation. The intention of this appraisal process is mainly to eliminate potential bias within or even across areas of discipline. In the given prompt, I believe that disciplines can be referred to as the areas of knowledge within Theory of Knowledge. Of course within these areas of knowledge lie the multiple ways of knowing. Yet, for one to complete such a progression, a common groundwork

had six people take my survey online. The computer randomly selected three people for my analysis. 67 percent of all the people who participated were male (the rest were non-binary), but the three selected people were male, so there might be a male bias in the data. I found that the three people selected disagreed on most of the questions. For example, one person felt that the economy was strongly affected by the oil spill, but the other two felt that it did not affect the economy to a large degree

As I walked back to my car, I reflected on my experience working at the mall as a cosmetics sales person. I had more intimacy with shoppers than other sales positions because I was selling them something personal. I think about the smells of the lotions, perfumes and the colorful palette of lipsticks. I remember standing behind the counter with my shoes off or sneaking into facial room to take a quick nap. I hated wearing makeup to promote the products to look pretty but you get into trouble if you

In a society where technology grows exponentially, the amount of information available is practically endless. Whether one needs to know ingredients to a recipe, or cures to an illness, the Internet has an answer. The simplicity of the Internet, however comes with a major drawback: the quality of the data. In Peter Cardon’s book Business Communication: Developing Leaders for a Networked World, he explains that there are five main components that one should consider in evaluating quality data: reliability

I did not have a chance to sit in an IEP meeting and learn how the meeting is conducted. I am curious to learn the counselor position in an IEP meeting. Due to the time period I started practicum, I was not able to learn about the high school application process. When I started practicum in February, the applications for high school were submitted. My site supervisor did not have a classroom lesson to present while I was completing my hours. I want to learn how to conduct a classroom lesson and connect

current practices. On the other hand, Abawl (2008) highlights that data collection can be very time consuming, open to interpretation and consequently influenced by researcher bias. CASP sets out a series of questions that can be used to critically appraise qualitative research, and help to identify if the article contains bias, is relevant and creditable. The purpose of the study was to investigate the motivation of

The purpose of this memo is to evaluate my listening skills, assess my strengths and weaknesses, and describe how I can improve my skills. My listening self-assessment score of 36 indicates that, although my skill level is decent, I have room to improve significantly. I regularly attend professional meetings where either informational listening or critical listening is required. Despite this, I consider my listening skills subpar and am aware of my need for improvement. In understanding how I can

In the short story "Through the tunnel", Doris Lessing describes the adventure of Jerry, a young English boy trying to swim through an underwater tunnel. Throughout the story, the author uses the third person omniscient point of view to describe the boy 's surroundings and to show us both what he and the other characters are thinking and what is happening around them. By using this point of view, the author is able to describe the setting of the story, give a detailed description of the characters