Falsity Finding Guide
GAINING A NEW PERSPECTIVE
Remember your answers?
This is the wrong answer; although yes, he is wearing a yellow hat that does not make him a construction worker. If you chose him it is because you have been conditioned to believe people in yellow hats are construction workers and are therefore biased.
This is the correct answer. Although it is not the obvious answer, she is a construction worker even though she is not wearing a yellow hat. There also may gender bias involved, as you have been conditioned to believe females have no place in the construction career field.
This is the correct choice. This, as you can see, is an image of Mother Teresa, who was legendary for her acts of kindness and charity.
This is the wrong answer, this image is of Jeffrey Dahmer. He was a serial killer and was noted for cannibalizing his victims. People are often biased to believe that well dressed means that it is a good person.
This is the wrong choice, this is an image of a highschool actress in performance.
As you can see, no one is free of bias. The other questions were simply control questions. Thank you for participating, please explore the rest of our website!
This is the correct choice; the bias present this choice is people believe that if someone is wearing a costume and is in front of a backdrop they are an actor. If they are not then they are not an actor.