Answered: A group of children were playing with…

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

5th Edition

ISBN:9780134477961

Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Publisher:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Chapter1: The Science Of Psychology

Section: Chapter Questions

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A group of children were playing with photograph cards. One of the pictures showed a woman in a wheelchair washing a baby in a small tub. The tub was at a height that the woman could easily reach from the wheelchair. When one of the children saw the picture, she said, “People in wheelchair can’t be mommies. What bias is expressing? How would you handle it in the moment with the children? What follow-up would you do?

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Introduction

Psychologists define biases as tendencies, inclinations, and prejudices against people, events, or other things, that are not rooted in any real experience. Biases can distort thinking and lead to faulty judgements.

In order to identify the bias the child is expressing in the given scenario and the ways to handle it, let us read further below.