To Kill a Mockingbird Test Review

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared to another

purposefully altering or influencing information, usually based on one’s opinions

people’s unconscious, underlying attitudes and stereotypes

ideas, fads, and belief grow as more people adopt them, pressuring others to do the same

due to a desire for conformity and harmony in the group, people make irrational decision (often to avoid conflict)

relying heavily on the first piece of information introduced when making decisions

people find and remember information that confirms their own perceptions

seeing our failures as situational but our success as our responsibility

people believe they do not have biases and see it more in others than in themselves

adopting generalized beliefs that members of a group will have certain characteristics despite not having information about the individual

Blindly trusting and be influenced by the opinions of authority figures

the more other people present, the less likely someone is to help a victim

if people see someone or something as having a positive trait, that positive impression will spill over into other traits

people favor others who are in their group as opposed to those who are not