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    Len Bias

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    the floor of his dorm room. Two hours later he was pronounced dead of cardiac arrest. His name was Len Bias. He was 22 years old. Bias was an all-American basketball player for the Terps just finishing up his senior season. According to those who have ever seen him play (myself included) he was a phenomenal athlete. According to those who knew him personally he was an even better person. Bias’ premature death is somewhat controversial because traces of cocaine were found in his urine during an

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    Overcoming Bias

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    A lot of people think that it is much fun and games when someone else is prejudiced and bias to another over their ethnic background. One example of someone being bias was when my whole family and I went to go out to eat at this fancy‚ elegant restaurant. When we got sat down there was a person immediately saying‚ “they don’t belong here”‚ and “who let them in here.” This is my favorite one they said “they should be cleaning houses or gardening.” My family was so disgusted and irritated with that

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    Confirmation Bias

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    Confirmation Bias Rosemarie Hamm September 21‚ 2012 Confirmation Bias Confirmation bias is the human habit of seeking information that confirms one’s judgments or assumptions. One’s current feelings about a situation‚ memory‚ or person influence one’s thoughts and memories about that situation‚ memory‚ or person. If one is feeling negatively about something or someone‚ the individual will often recall the worst factors or memories about that person or circumstances. However; if one is

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    Media Bias

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    Media Bias in Politics Maya C. Christie Thursday‚ March 08‚ 2012 COM 495/POL 429 Politics‚ Media‚ and the Presidential Election Media bias is alive and well in politics. It is a “term used to describe prejudice in news and media reports‚ in which it is perceived as an imbalance

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    Bias In History

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    When I saw Dan Brown’s quote “History is always written by winners”‚ it made me think whether he was correct; is history only written by winners? If so‚ is there bias in history because it is only written by winners? My real life situation is that Taiwanese history textbooks show bias in the information included and the view of the situation included. Whether information should be included in textbooks‚ or if both sides of an event should be included can be seen in a well-known event known as the

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    Organizational Behavior – Carol Bevin’s Perceptions at OptiCo 1. What was Carol’s perception of Levy and Johnson? How did Carol’s perceptions change during the case? Carol’s perception of Levy: Based on the information of Carol Bevin’s perception‚ her first impression of the new chief financial officer Harold Levy was rather negative: he was stern‚ demanding and impatient. She thought that his flamboyant and aggressive style would not fit at OptiCo. Then‚ after a few months working with

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    Summary "How to"

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    previously read this article. This summary should inform the student about the article written by Brooke Gladstone and show his/her perspective on media bias. Known for her tremendous work of hosting NPR’s On the Media‚ Brooke Gladstone analyzes in‚ “The Great Refusal”‚ the impact of reporters’ convictions in order to ascertain its direct effect on media bias. The job of a reporter is to recall relevant social and economic accounts that take place daily without siding on an issue. Majority of the time

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    Forms of bias[edit] Actual and imputed bias Actual and imputed bias[edit] Bias may be actual‚ imputed or apparent. Actual bias is established where it is actually established that a decision-maker was prejudiced in favour of or against a party. Bias may be actual‚ imputed or apparent. Actual bias is established where it is actually established that a decision-maker was prejudiced in favour of or against a party. However‚ in practice‚ the making of such an allegation is rare as it is very hard to

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    gender bias

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    Gender Bias in Education by Amanda Chapman of D ’Youville College "Sitting in the same classroom‚ reading the same textbook‚ listening to the same teacher‚ boys and girls receive very different educations." (Sadker‚ 1994) In fact‚ upon entering school‚ girls perform equal to or better than boys on nearly every measure of achievement‚ but by the time they graduate high school or college‚ they have fallen behind. (Sadker‚ 1994) However‚ discrepancies between the performance of girls and the performance

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    Len Bias

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    That is why wanting to be a professional player for any sport is “unrealistic” for most people. You have to be a gifted player to make it to the pros. A first team All-American college basketball forward at the University of Maryland. That’s who Len Bias was. He was a humble player with extremely high expectations and a favorite of many because of his size‚ athleticism‚ and passion for the game of basketball. He had dreamt of becoming an NBA player ever since he was a little kid growing up in a road

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