BIAS AND

PREJUDICE

PREPARED BY:
Arlene A. Sta. Maria
 What I Know

1. The following statements tell what bias is,

except ____.
A. The writer is relying on incomplete information.
B. The writer is trying to deceive the reader.
C. The writer’s past experience is influencing his
or her thinking.
D. The writer has no intention to persuade
the reader.
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2. Which of the following does NOT

define prejudice?
A. Prejudgment
B. Forming an opinion before becoming
aware of the relevant facts of a situation
or case
C. Preconceived
D. Favorable
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3. The new teacher walked into our classroom

and I immediately knew I wouldn’t like her
because of her funny walk.

A.Bias
B.Prejudice
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4. His friends call him “bida-bida”.

I don’t think he’s good to be with.

A. Bias
B.Prejudice
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5. Younger teachers are impatient to

their students.

A. Bias
B. Prejudice
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6. Bullying a classmate with

Special Needs.

A. Bias
B. Prejudice
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7. Posting something negative on social

media to defame a neighbor because of
their ethno-cultural group.

A. Bias
B. Prejudice
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8. Understanding the concept of bias and

prejudice will keep you off from ________
discrimination.

A. intentional
B. unintentional
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9. I don’t like Anton.

I like Jun more because he’s kind
to me.

A. Bias
B. Prejudice
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10. Jonathan and Tom-Tom don’t like

people who dress gothic, so they make
fun of them.

A. Bias
B. Prejudice
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11. People have prejudices.

A. True
A. False
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12. Your biases and prejudices affect

your decision-making processes.

A. True
B. False
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13. You can detect biases and

prejudices in materials you view
or read.

A. True
B. False
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14. Our biases and prejudices lead to

bullying and other forms of
discrimination.

A. True
B. False
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15. Reading biased information will try

to change your mind and how you
see an issue.

A. True
B. False
 DIFFERENTIAT
LESSON
E BIASES AND
1
PREJUDICES
Task 1: Think and Share

Let’s apply what you’ve learned! Read the task given

below and write your answer based on your opinion in
your English notebook.
 NO
1. Would you trust
information unsupported by
facts or logical reasoning?
2. How can you tell that an
information is just based on
one’s belief or personal
opinion?
 YES
3. Is it possible to have a
negative attitude and feeling
toward a person based solely
on a preconceived opinion?
 What’s New

This lesson will test your thinking skills

which aims to reveal your own prejudicial and
stereotypical views on things around you in
order to properly introduce to you the concepts
of bias and prejudice. You will be presented
with different situations to understand how it
feels to be labelled and feel empathy for
those who have been stereotyped.
 According to Wikipedia, bias is a
disproportionate weight in favor of or
against an idea or thing, usually in a
way that is closed-minded, prejudicial,
or unfair. Biases can be innate or
learned. People then can develop biases
for or against an individual, a group, or a
belief.
https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-bias-and-why-do-people-have-it?
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Biases form because of the human brain’s
tendency to categorize new people and new
information. To learn quickly, the brain
connects new people or ideas to past
experiences. Once the new thing has been put
into a category, the brain responds to it the same
way it does to other things in that category.
Here’s an example. Have you
ever eaten a vegetable you didn’t
like? Many people have! Was it
broccoli? Cauliflower? Maybe
peas? Whatever it was, your brain
remembers that it was a vegetable
and that you didn’t like it. 
So, what happens when a family
member puts a new vegetable on your
plate? Whether it’s asparagus, bell
pepper, or carrots, your brain puts it
in its vegetable category. And your
brain remembers that you didn’t like
that other vegetable. It will tell you to
be wary of this one, too. The bias
you’ve formed will make you less
excited to try it—just because it’s a
vegetable!
Brains do the same thing with
people. They can categorize 
people in all sorts of ways—
by race, gender, orientation, age,
nationality, hair color, anything!
This is how people form 
stereotypes. The brain puts
people with similar traits in the
same category. Then, it tries to
tell you that everyone in that
category must be the same.
Remember, everyone has biases—
you, your friends, and even your
family members! They’re formed
by normal brain functions.
That’s why all people should work
to understand their own biases.
Don’t let biases influence you to
treat others unfairly.
TASK 2: FAIR OR UNFAIR
 FAIR OR UNFAIR

Tell whether the following statements are fair or

unfair. Explain you answer.

1.Women doing
more
household
chores than
men.
 FAIR OR UNFAIR
2. A police officer killing of
a black man named
George Floyd
in the eyes of the public.
 FAIR OR UNFAIR
1. In the Philippines, when the
rich inmate gets sick, a
primary check up with the
military medic will be given
and when the results are in, a
resident doctor from a
known hospital will be
provided – attention and care
that a poor inmate can’t
have.
 FAIR OR UNFAIR

4. Mrs. Vepinoza has been a health

worker in their barangay for many years.
One day, she learns that their team leader
who is a good friend of hers has been
replaced by a very young community
health worker. Mrs. Vepinoza thinks to
herself, “How can this young team leader
help our barangay? I doubt if he will be
very useful.”
How did you do? Was it easy? It can be
difficult, but you should not let your own
prejudices influence the kind of person that
you are. You should practice fairness – not
favoring one group above the other. It is
important to bear in mind NOT to let your
own prejudices cause or bring pain nor
damage to the people around you.
•Most people fall woefully short of their inflated self-perception.
Understanding how bias affects your action will keep you off from
hurting or causing pain to someone.
•On the report of Social talent, a world’s leading e-learning platform,
your biases affect your decision-making processes in number of
different ways:
• Perception - how you see people and perceive reality.
• Attitude - how you react toward certain people.
• Behaviors - how receptive or friendly you are towards certain people.
• Attention - which aspects of a person you pay most attention to
• Listening Skills - how much you actively listen to what certain people
say.
• Micro-affirmations - how much or how little you comfort certain
people in certain situations.

What Is It
 Whether you are aware of it or not, bias is basically the
actual result of the prejudices that you have.
Having said that, making decisions in an educational
setting is very important. As early as now, it is a must for you
to learn how to detect biases and prejudices in the materials
you view or read. When it comes to modern media, like
news, advertising, and the internet, bias has become
desperately prevalent.
Why should you check the bias of information in
the materials presented to you?
Biased information will try to change your mind and how
you think (New Jersey Institute of Technology). Being aware
of bias and knowing how to identify biased information
properly is a skill to be treasured. It will make you confident
about how you think on the issues to see and read in the
print and media world.
What are the indicators of biased
media?
• The language of the document is often
extreme; statements have all or nothing
connotations.
• The argument appeals more to the emotions
than to logic.
• The things are worded with the intent to
oversimplify or over-generalize.
• The author wishes to present a limited view of
the topic.
https://researchguides.njit.edu/evaluate/bias
•Further, you can
expect biases on social
networking sites that
are dedicated to selling
something. Also, web
pages that are
designed to
controversial topics are
likely to have biases.
Also, web pages
that are
designed to
controversial
topics are likely
to have biases.
 What are the effects of biases and prejudices?
Based on an article published by Bitesize, BBC’s free online study support resource for
students in the UK, prejudice results
 to actions that cause people to be treated differently.
 It makes other people feel unaccepted or unappreciated.
 When people are undervalued by others, their self-esteem suffers,
and this can cause them to stop trying to improve themselves.
 On the other hand, bias, according to Gordon (2017), affects people
in many ways,
e.g., it lowers people’s morale and turn people less engaged at what
they do. The cost of bias far outweighs the costs to tackle it.

In view of the fact that Biases and Prejudices greatly affect your
decision-making processes, it is then incontrovertible that these
actions can lead to bullying and other forms of discrimination.
 What’s More
Now, let us see how much you have learned from this module. You can go back
to the discussion part if you feel there is a need for you to do so.

Activity 1: Is it Prejudice or Bias?

Read the definitions below and identify prejudices from biases

PREJUDIC 1.An unjustified or incorrect attitude that are

E usually negative towards someone based solely
on that person’s social group.
BIAS 2.Being against someone in favor of another
person.
PREJUDIC 3.An irrational, hostile attitude towards a
E particular group, race, or religion.
 What’s More
Now, let us see how much you have learned from this module. You can go back
to the discussion part if you feel there is a need for you to do so.

Activity 1: Is Prejudice or Bias?

Read the definitions below and identify prejudices from biases

BIAS 4. The inclination for one person or group or concept

in a way considered to be unfair.

PREJUDIC 5. Influence a person’s opinion in advance.

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 What’s More
Now, let us see how much you have learned from this module. You can go back
to the discussion part if you feel there is a need for you to do so.

Activity 2: What do you think?

Distinguish biases and prejudices in the
situations presented
 BIAS 6. You think you can always get things done faster and better
than you actually do compare to others.

BIAS 7. You accept ideas of your classmates who are looking rich or
famous and tend to ignore those from the others who are not.

8. Your neighbor is a medical frontliner, she works almost 24/7

PREJUDICE at the general hospital of your city. Because you and your
family know the danger that Covid-19 brings, your family do
everything to avoid her, thinking she’s also a carrier of the
virus because of the nature of her work.
 BIAS 9. Your class adviser favors certain students over others in
grading the final performance task.

10. Your group leader did not allow one of your classmates to
PREJUDICE join in your group because he is visually-impaired and
think he’s of no use in the group.
Activity 3: Come and Think of it!

Humans, by nature, are complex beings. Below are

examples of biases and prejudices and how they
complicate decision-making. Your task is to match
column A with B.
 Example Why it’s a Problem

11. Your father is a teacher and you think he is the a. Taking credits for success but not for
best among the rest. failures. If you don’t use failure as an

e opportunity to learn, you are most likely be

doing the same mistakes.
12. You’re quick to accept credits and praises for a job well
done and even accept credits even if they are undeserved, b. Using your own personal interests to decide
but prefer to avoid acknowledging your failures and rejects what is fair or so you fail to see that you are
suggestions for improvement.
a
13. You dislike your group mates who don’t cooperate
being unfair to others too.

enough in a task given to your group so you keep c. You hurt people by not recognizing and
complaining against them, but you don’t see that you are stigmatizing group as less than the others.

b
doing the same thing.

14. You accept your female group mates’ ideas easily

without further explanation but reject your male group
mates’ participation.
15. When a decision to invest in a business with your
c d. You blame decision-makers for not
predicting unpredictable events.

friend results in a huge loss because of the pandemic, you e. Seeing someone in an exceptional way that
put all the blame to your friend. you might underestimate the ability of others.
 Activity 4: No to Bullying!

If you are not going to be mindful with the

decisions you make and actions you do, you might
end up physically and emotionally inflicting pain on
others. Detect if there is bias in the situations below
and answer “No to Bullying” if you are certain that
there is indeed bias in them.
 Activity 4: No to Bullying!

16.Students mock one of their teachers for being too

skinny in an instructional video that the teacher
posted online, which relayed by a large number of Web
visitors. The teacher suffers consequences that affect
her in her professional and personal life.

NO TO
BULLYING
 Activity 4: No to Bullying!

17. Your friend is constantly denigrated by her

step-mother and step-sister. She feels demeaned by
this to the extent that she loses her appetite and
takes refuge in her bedroom.

NO TO
BULLYING
 Activity 4: No to Bullying!

18. At the arena, a coach constantly insults and

threatens a newbie referee during a PBA game. The
crowd follows his example and add their own insults.
This makes the newbie referee increasingly nervous
and hesitant.

NO TO
BULLYING
 Activity 4: No to Bullying!

19. A contractor feels intimidated because she receives

calls and threats from a competitor who wants her to
withdraw from a call for tenders.

NO TO
BULLYING
 Activity 4: No to Bullying!

20. A neighbor gets used to insult a family who recently

moved into the neighborhood and even vandalizes their
property because of their ethnocultural origin. This makes
the family not welcome and the situation is stressful for
them.

NO TO
BULLYING