Bias and Prejudice Activity 2

A person cuts in line at the movie theater. We observe this action, and believe that the person cut in line because he or she is rude, disrespectful, and selfish.

John’s car breaks down in the middle of the highway. He believes that the breakdown of his car can be explained by the fact that his car is old.

At work, you witness an employee getting yelled at by the boss. In your mind you come up with at least three potential causes for the yelling: the boss’ (actor) bad temper, the laziness of the employee (object), and the especially hot and humid day (context or setting).

An NBA basketball coach expects his rookie players to be unprepared for the professional ball, so he does not play them often. When he does they are rusty and do not perform well.

In a survey of 1,500 adults, researchers found that the most commonly held belief was that people with mental health problems were dangerous. They also found that people believed that some mental health problems were self-inflicted, and they found people with mental health problems hard to talk to.

Two stories are told to an audience about an interaction between a man and woman. Both stories were exactly the same, except for the final outcome. In Story A, the woman is dumped by the man, and in Story B, the man proposes marriage. In Stories A and B, the audience directly linked the two different outcomes to the woman's good or bad actions.

Relative to men, women tend to be less confident.

Seeing his wife works hard every day in her office, the husband wants his wife to stop working because the main role of a wife is to take care of the family.

Since men pursue women, it is only rightful to pay for all the things that the women buy.

A young boy saw a lady standing near the stadium wearing shabby clothes. He immediately gave her money to buy some food.