Question 1

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

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Bias

Question 2

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

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Intentional Bias

Question 3

people’s unconscious, underlying attitudes and stereotypes

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Implicit Bias

Question 4

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

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Bandwagon Effect

Question 5

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

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Groupthink

Question 6

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

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Anchoring

Question 7

people find and remember information that confirms their own perceptions

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Confirmation Bias

Question 8

seeing our failures as situational but our success as our responsibility

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Self-serving Bias

Question 9

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

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Blind Spot Bias

Question 10

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

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Stereotype

Question 11

Blindly trusting and be influenced by the opinions of authority figures

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Authority Bias

Question 12

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

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Bystander Effect

Question 13

if people believe something will work, it will often have a small psychological effect

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Placebo Effect

Question 14

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

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Halo Effect

Question 15

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

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In-group Favoritism

Question 16

the media purposefully leaves out information that supports or favors one party or viewpoint

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Bias by Omission

Question 17

a media outlet includes a disproportionate amount of expert sources or witnesses for one party or viewpoint over another

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Bias by Selection of Sources

Question 18

a story or viewpoint that favors one agenda over another is given a more prominent location in a piece of media or it is mentioned considerably earlier than another

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Bias by Placement

Question 19

using more extreme words to characterize one idea over another

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Bias by Labeling=

Question 20

a media presentation only includes one interpretation of the story, totally excluding the other

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Bias by Spin

Question 21

a media outlet presents an unbalanced number of stories that favor one viewpoint or agenda over another

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Bias by Story Selection

Question 22

the spreading of skewed ideas, misinformation, or rumors for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person

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Propaganda

Question 23

using words with ver positive connotations to endorse a product or idea without supporting information or data

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Glittering Generalities

Question 24

a celebrity,  expert, or other reputable source endorses a product they claim to use

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Testimonial

Question 25

tarnishing the image or reputation of the competition by pointing out negative elements (also called mudslinging)

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Name-Calling

Question 26

an object or symbol associated with respect or power is positioned near a person or product so the audience connects those ideas with the person or product

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Transfer

Question 27

both positive and negative words that carry a great deal of emotion and affect people easily

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Loaded Words

Question 28

using ordinary people and an unpretentious approach to draw in the average person

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Plain Folks

Question 29

purpose - using a variety of appeals to influence to accept or join your position or point of view on an issue

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Persuade

Question 30

purpose - objectively giving instructions, comparing/ contrasting, or sharing causes and effects

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Inform

Question 31

purpose - to amuse, delight, and appeal to the imagination

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Entertain

Question 32

the town’s social outcast who only acts drunk

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Dolphus Raymond

Question 33

Scout’s first grade teacher

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Miss Caroline

Question 34

attempts to break into Judge Taylor’s house, spits at Atticus, and attacks Jem and Scout

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Bob Ewell

Question 35

hides surprises in a tree for Jem and Scout and later saves their lives

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Boo Radley

Question 36

beat a morphine addiction before dying and shows Jem the true meaning of courage

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Mrs. Dubose

Question 37

taught Jem and Scout to shoot

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Uncle Jack

Question 38

obsessed with family heritage and name so insists that Scout act like a lady

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Aunt Alexandra

Question 39

son of a poor but honest farmer who comes to the Finch house for lunch after Scout attacks him

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Walter Cunningham Jr.

Question 40

part of the mob that threatens Tom Robinson at the jail until called out as an individual by Scout

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Walter Cunningham Sr.

Question 41

lawyer who chose to actually defend Tom Robinson, which placed the whole family in danger

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Atticus Finch

Question 42

accused an innocent man of rape to save her own reputation

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Mayella Ewell

Question 43

falsely accused of rape after attempting to help Mayella Ewell

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Tom Robinson

Question 44

cemented the hole in the tree to prevent Boo from communicating with the children

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Nathan Radley

Question 45

child who spends the summers in Maycomb and asked Scout to marry him

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Dill Harris

Question 46

symbol for the people infects with racism, "Maycomb's usual disease"

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Tim Johnson

Question 47

symbol for courage

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camilla

Question 48

symbol for the social structure of Maycomb which places the white residents above the black residents

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Snowman

Question 49

symbol for the destruction that can cleanse the town and allow them to rebuild something better

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Fire

Question 50

neighbor who explains what Atticus means when he tells the children not a shoot a mockingbird

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Miss Maudie

Question 51

symbol for innocent people who do nothing to harm others

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Mockingbird

Question 52

symbol for aggressive people who harm others

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blue jay

Question 53

lesson Atticus is trying to teach Scout when he tells her she needs to "climb into his skin and walk around in it"

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Empathy

Question 54

lesson Atticus is trying to teach when he makes Jem read for Mrs. Dubose

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Courage

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