Essays on Bias

Our counter-claim for this perspective is that scientists are likely to favor positive results while repeating the experiment to verify their hypothesis. Hence, even though what makes conclusions drawn by the natural sciences more certain than that of the human sciences is that natural science…

Confirmation bias is a person’s tendency to endorse information that upholds their assumptions, preconceived ideas, or hypotheses, regardless of the truthfulness or falsity of said information. The phenomenon is also known as confirmatory bias or selective evidence collection, determinant in human thought and behavior. Once…

Introduction This report seeks to analyze the phenomenon of confirmation bias in medical decision-making, exploring the implications from patient to doctor. Confirmation bias connotes the seeking or interpreting of evidence in ways that are partial to existing beliefs, expectations, or a hypothesis in hand (Nickerson,…

Decision-making is a mental process that every individual encounters every day. Bias is present in the majority of decisions we are faced with. Bias is defined as, ‘disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded,…

Confirmation bias is defined as a tendency to look for information regarding a topic that supports the individual’s view. A key study conducted by O’brien and Ellsworth (2019) aims to evaluate whether confirmation bias has an influence on decision-making regarding criminal investigations. The methodologies that…

Throughout a person’s life, they are faced with different challenges and obstacles of all kinds. They have to learn how to overcome these difficulties to succeed in life. People who are not classified as part of the ingroup are stereotyped, shown prejudice, and discriminated against…

Introduction A heuristics is a mental shortcut that allows people to solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently. These rule-of-thumb strategies shorten decision-making time and allow people to function without constantly stopping to think about their next course of action. Heuristics are helpful in…

As products advance even the advertisements have to be creative and attractive. The market has grown and so has the number of competitors, giving customers plenty to choose from. This very reason makes the companies create ads that are better than the other, while they…

What are some differences between implicit bias and “color-blind” racism? Of course, every human has personal, individual beliefs and each person is entitled to their own opinion. Social identities are attached to how and where each individual was raised, their personal history and what their…

Reading Analysis Kimmel and Arson describe how crime is an act of deviance that is enforced by a legal body, meaning it is government regulation for what constitutes as good or bad. However, what is considered deviant is different from person to person. The powerful…