Can slow motion replay improve jurors memory of evidence in a case? Caruso‚ Burns‚ and Converse (2016) examined the effect of video evidence on jury judgment of intentionality‚ the degree of which the harm caused was deliberate and premeditated‚ in criminal cases. Caruso et al. hypothesized that viewing a video in slow motion increases the perceived level of intent. After conducting four different studies‚ each with different variables‚ their results showed that slow motion footage perceives more
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Normative theory and whistle-blowing Introduction Whistle-blowing in this context is the act‚ for an employee‚ disclosing what he believes to be an unethical or illegal behaviour to higher management (internal whistle-blowing) or to an external authority or the public (external whistle-blowing). Examples of unethical acts include sexual harassment and racial discrimination at work while illegal act include the accounting fraud by the Arthur-Andersen accountants for Enron (Sims & Brinkmann 2003)
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“Because we often think of bias as a function of overt acts of bigotry‚ we can sometimes remain blind to the invisible structures‚ systems‚ and behaviors that bestow and reinforce that power and privilege on a daily basis” (Ross‚ 2014‚ pg. 92‚ para. 2). When I first began my graduate work at GSSW‚ I would have defended my belief that I was un-biased. I would have proudly provided reasons why I was not biased‚ and I would relish in examples of how my lack of bias and ability to set aside my values
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Cognitive Bias When I think of cognitive bias‚ I think about people making assumptions about others base on either what they have heard from other people or something they have experienced themselves. In order to figure out what biases I have I had to ask my wife. After some discussion we came to the conclusion that I have a couple of biases. The two that we came up with can be very controversial‚ religion and race. I wouldn’t say that I’m a religious freak or that I’m racist‚ I just have my own
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Social Bias Paper Social biases are considered a problem in society due to one group looking down on another person or group because that group feels they are better than the other. The social influence that some groups have can generate common biases. Social biases can be very damaging and can hinder interaction between people (Fiske‚ 2010). According to Fiske (2010)‚ “Just as aggression research reveals the basic social psychology of processes that can prove deadly‚ the research on bias reveals
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very common that bias is seen and presented on a daily basis in media through companies and politicians. Many of the items that are placed on websites‚ including videos‚ articles‚ and speeches‚ are put there by different politicians and companies with the hope of dragging people in with what they want you to do. According to Dr. Allen (2015)‚ there are several different forms of media bias such as bias by commission‚ bias by omission‚ bias by story selection‚ bias by placement‚ bias by the selection
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Gender and Culture Bias James C. Horton Jr. PSY400 UK - Counseling Theories Argosy University Introduction: To be bias or unbiased Bias or unbiased‚ most people know that we should base our decisions and acts in unbiased mentality. However lots of the bias of the world is generated to protect or warn others of potential problems or issues. As fear can be and is healthy in certain situations bias can be also. This of course is not always the case and although
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The implicit bias survey represents an individual’s unconscious bias. I believe these results to be unreliable because there were many factors which could alter the results. Factors that could have altered my results were being right handed or left handed and the way the questions were worded. I found some of the question difficult to understand. Before I took this quiz‚ I expected questions on the type of people I surrounded myself with‚ family backgrounds and questions pertain to race and disabilities
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What is normative analysis? Value-based statements‚ on the other hand‚ that are prescriptive in nature are referred to as normative statements. Normative statement as a support use factual evidences‚ however they are not factual on their own. Rather‚ they include the underlying morals‚ standards and opinions of the people making such statements. The process‚ through which people make recommendations for taking a specific standpoint or acting in a specific way‚ is known as normative analysis.
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Bias in new media “The biases the media has are bigger than conservative or liberal. They’re about getting ratings‚ about making money‚ about doing stories that are easy to cover.” This may seem like a trite saying but it holds an enormous amount of truth. As viewers we trust what reporters write in the newspaper‚ and say on television and radio stations. We expect them to report the truth. However‚ current media outlets distort stories and certain news reports are getting too much attention
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