Question

what is the difference between biases and prejudices? Expound your answer.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

what is the difference between biases and prejudices? Expound your answer.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Firstly a couple of dictionary definitions:

• Prejudice is an unjustified or incorrect attitude (usually negative) towards an individual based solely on the individual's membership of a social group.
• Bias is the inclination or prejudice for (or against) one person or group or concept, especially in a way considered to be unfair.
• They're very similar in most respects and can often be freely interchanged, although as I see it there are two differences:

• Prejudice is normally used in the context of having an unjustified or incorrect view against something, whilst bias is normally used in the same context but is a view in favour of something, and is often seen as the lesser of the two preconceptions or beliefs, because, although still based on incomplete information, it's often a view arrived at after some thought. Prejudice is often based on little more than an irrational dislike of something. The common phrases of "he's prejudiced against 'X'" and "he's biased towards 'X'" are illustrative of this.
• Prejudice is usually, but not always, aimed at a specific social or racial group of people rather than at an individual or an idea, whilst bias is usually, but again not always, aimed at a belief or concept, but as with so many similar word pairs, the difference between them is very fuzzy.