bias and prejudice

1. MRS. JOANNE T. RETUERMA
Subject Teacher

3. 1. Not hiring someone because of their age or
gender.
2. Assuming someone is gay because of the
way he acts.
3. Bullying and discriminating someone with
disability.
4. Accepting exclusive membership of clubs
where certain people are not allowed
5. Posting negative comments in social
media about economic status of a family.

5. a tendency to present or possess a partial viewpoint
being in favor of or against a thing, person, group, or stand compared
to another, usually in a way not considered fair
one-sided perspective in the absence of neutral viewpoint
to lean in a certain direction, either in favor of or against something
leaning favorably toward something or thinking positively of it when
used with the preposition “TOWARD” (biased toward)
leaning negatively against something or thinking poorly of it when
used with the preposition “AGAINST” (biased against)

6. an opinion formed before getting to know
relevant facts of a case or situation
a favorable or usually unfavorable feeling or
claim toward a person, thing, or situation
without an actual experience as a basis
a preconceived notion or assumption made
about someone or something prior to
obtaining enough knowledge to guarantee
accuracy

10. Directions: Read thoroughly the given situations. Identify
whethereachshowsbiasorprejudice.Justifyyouranswer.
The Happy Smile Association
promotes their newly launched
toothpaste, “Jolly Teeth”.
According to them, their product
is better than any other product
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 A character named Darcy in a novel
written by Jane Austen didn’t see
Elizabeth fit as a wife due to her
lower social status. During the time
the novel was written, a well-
educated and wealthy man wouldn’t
marry someone from a lower-income
household believing that such a
woman wouldn’t be able to function
among theupper class
Thisisaformof ___________
because___________________.
Thisisaformof ___________
because______________________.

11. Onprejudice…
 Tell about an experience related to this quote,
“Don’tjudgeabookbyitscover.”
Onbiases…
 Writer’s bias is an author’s favorable or unfavorable opinion toward something or
someone. Look atthefollowing statements:
1. “Death penalty is not the key in addressing the growing number of heinous crimes
happening in thecountry.”
 In this sentence, the writer is biased AGAINST death penalty which means s/he is
not infavor of it.
2. “Mass testing is a highly necessary initial step in order to stop the COVID-19 cases
from exponentially increasing.”
 Inthis sentence,thewriter is biased TOWARD death penalty whichmeanss/he is in
favor of it.