QUESTION OF BIAS

BIAS

• detects performance differences caused by cultural experiences
• Scientific meaning- validity-whether it predicts future behavior only for some groups
• STEREOTYPE THREAT- concern that one will be evaluated based on negative stereotype

HINDSIGHT BIAS

• Tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
• "I knew it all along"

CONFIRMATION BIAS

• Only evidence to support perceptions
• Ignore everything else

INGROUP BIAS

• Favor our own group

SELF-SERVING BIAS

• Perceive self favorably