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Quarter 3 – Module 1
Differentiate Biases from
Prejudices
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English
Quarter 3 – Module 1:
Differentiate Biases from
Prejudices
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 Lesson Differentiate Biases from Prejudices
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Day 1
Let Us Learn!

In this module, you will differentiate biases from prejudices.

Through different activities, you will learn and exercise determining
whether a certain statement or situation shows bias or prejudice.
This module uses pictures, articles, graphic organizers, audio, and
situations that provide examples of bias and prejudice.

Upon completing this module, you are expected to:

1. Define bias and prejudice;
2. Differentiate biases from prejudices (EN9LC-IVf-13.3);
3. Assess whether a given situation or statement is an
example of bias or prejudice;
4. Give an example of a scenario that shows bias and
prejudice; and
5. Express your realizations about the topic through a
drawing.

Let Us Try!
Before we begin, let us try first how much you knew about the
next topic. Accomplish the activities given below:

A. Read the following questions carefully and write the letter of the
correct answer.

1. Which of the following tends to favour one person, group, thing, or

point of view over another, often in an unfair way?
a. Stereotyping
b. Emotional prejudice
c. Attitudes
d. Bias
2. Imagine a person holds a very strong, emotional antipathy towards
members of a different social group. This person really hates these out
group members. This is best classified as an example of which of the
following?
a. Discrimination
b. Prejudice
c. Stereotyping

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 d. All of the above
3. Which of the following theories describes people as evaluating
stimuli initially as good versus bad for them, resulting in primitive
positive or negative reactions?
a. Stereotype content model
b. Bias map
c. Appraisal theories of emotions
d. Enemy images theory
4. Which of the following two emotions are associated with an action
tendency to “move against” a target?
a. Fear and Disgust
b. Contempt and Fear
c. love and fear
d Anger
5. Which of the following exerts the strongest influence on
discriminatory behaviors?
a. Affective prejudices
b. Cognitive stereotypes
c. Implicit associations
d. All of the above; the effects are similar

B. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if otherwise.

_______ 1. Bias and Prejudice are the same.

_______ 2. Prejudice is an unfavorable opinion or feeling without prior

knowledge, thought or feeling.

_______ 3. Bias is having an over generalized belief about a particular group

especially if it is negative, and is applied to every member of that group.

_______ 4. Bias simply means to pre-judge others.

_______ 5. If your thought about a person is negative, you would most likely
disfavor him.

_______ 6. Advertising bias consist of selecting media stories based on what

will please advertisers.

_______ 7. Bias is an act while prejudice is not necessarily put into action.

_______ 8. Classicism is discrimination on the basis of social class.

_______ 9. One best example of prejudice is stereotyping.

_______10. If someone is biased toward their own religion, they will think
their beliefs and practices are superior to any other form of religion.

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 Let Us Study

Bias is a tendency to favor one person, group, thing, or point of view

over another, often in an unfair way. From the definition, we have two key
words: favor and unfair. Therefore, bias is an unfair favor. It is because a
bias person would show favor to someone which may result to another’s
loss most especially if the other person is equally deserving.

Examples:

Michael and Michelle are classmates. They both misbehave in the class.
The teacher punishes Michael and not Michelle.

You and your workmate both need a table in the office but the boss
bought a table only for your workmate.

Additional Information:

Bias is an inclination toward (or away from) one way of thinking often
based on how you were raised. To be truly biased means to lack a neutral
viewpoint on a particular topic. Somewhere along the line, bias took on a
negative connotation. We tend to think it’s a bad thing but that’s not always
true.
If you’re biased toward something, then you lean favorably toward it;
you tend to think positively of it. Meanwhile, if you’re biased against
something, then you lean negatively against it; you think poorly of it.

Bias in Behavior
Let’s begin with an overview of bias by examining it in people’s thoughts
and actions:

 If someone has a bias about women they can take two different
approaches. If they’re biased toward women they might hire only
women because they feel they make better employees for some gender-
related reason. Conversely if they’re biased against women they might
hire a man over a more- qualified female candidate.

 Biases toward certain religions can also manifest in two their different
ways. If someone is biased toward their own religion, they will think
their beliefs and practices are superior to any other form of religion. If,
however, they’re biased against certain religion they might show it by
making rude or insensitive comments or go as far as vandalizing
religious buildings.

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  How about same sex couples? If someone is biased toward same-sex
couples, they might choose to rent their home to them over a
heterosexual couple. If they’re biased against same sex couples, might
discriminate against them by refusing to rent to them.

 If someone is biased toward a political affiliation, they will tend to

speak more positively of politicians belonging to the same party. If
that same person is biased against a different political affiliation, he or
she might show their bias by quickly dismissing or disagreeing with
anyone who aligns with that opposing political view.

Here are types of bias you can find in the media:

 Advertising bias consist of selecting media stories based on what will

please advertisers. For example, what if an online news outlet’s
biggest sponsor was a major airline? The outlet may choose only to
highlight positive stories relating to that airline and only negative
incidents regarding other airlines.

 Concision bias is when a media outlets report views that can be

summed up in a few words rather than those which require lengthier
explanations. In a world where the average news reader only has an
eight-second attention span, it’s common for news outlets to publish
stories in 500 words or less. This means carefully selecting catchy
headlines and opting for shorter stories that can be consumed faster
than lengthier more detailed pieces.

 Corporate bias picking stories that are pleasing to the owners of a

media organization or network. For example, a celebrity news outlets
CEO might also own a luxury jewelry company, it wouldn’t be
farfetched to see that same outlet post favorable articles about
celebrities wearing that designer’s accessories.

 Mainstream bias consists of reporting the same thing everyone else is

reporting –and avoiding offensive stories-so readers and viewers don’t
turn away.

 Sensationalism is a form of bias where in a media outlet chooses to

report extraordinary events in favor of everyday events. This can make
these extraordinary events seem more common that they really are.

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 Now, let us discuss Prejudice!

Prejudice is an unfavourable opinion or feeling formed beforehand

or without prior knowledge, thought or reason. It simply means to pre-
judge others. An example for this is stereotyping. Stereotyping is
having an over generalized belief about a particular group especially if it
is negative, and is applied to every member of that group.

Examples:

Girls are not good at sports.

Boys are messy and unclean.

All Blacks outside of the United States are poor.

Children do not enjoy healthy food.

You did not do anything against the person but your thoughts,
your advance or unreasonable thoughts about him/her especially if it is
negative, it is already a prejudice. It is an act of pre-judgement.

Additional Information:

Some off the more common prejudice examples include:

PREJUDICE DEFINITION
Racism a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits
and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent
superiority of a particular race.
Sexism prejudice or discrimination based on sex
especially : discrimination against women
Homophobia irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination
against homosexuality or homosexuals
Religious discrimination is treating a person or group differently because
Prejudice of the particular beliefs which they hold about a religion
Ageism the stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination against people
on the basis of their age.
Nationalism a way of thinking that says that some groups of humans, such
as ethnic groups, should be free to rule themselves. ... The
other definition of nationalism is the 'identification with one's
own nation and support for its interests, especially to the
exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
Classicism A prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class. It
includes individual attitudes, behaviours, systems of policies
and practices that are set up to benefit the upper class at the
expense of the lower class.

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Now, let us have a clear differentiation between bias and prejudice.
Bias Prejudice

 A tendency to favor one  An unfavourable opinion or

person, group, thing, or point
of view over another often in
an unfair way.
 It is an unfair favor.
 It is an act.
 It is sometimes influenced by
prejudice.
 If your thought about a person
is negative, you would most
likely disfavor him.
 It is evident.
 It is observable.
feeling formed beforehand or
without prior knowledge,
thought or reason.
 It is pre-judging others.
 Thoughts, opinions or feelings
toward a person or a group
especially if it is negative.
 It is not necessarily put into
action.
 Other people may not know
that you are being pre-
judgmental.

Day 2
Let Us Practice

Bias or Prejudice?
Identify whether each situation shows bias or prejudice and state your
explanation.
Situation #1

Sir, Maris always have

Dian, why did you not
headaches. I believe she
include Maris in your group
won’t contribute
list?
academically.

Bias or Prejudice? _________________

Explanation: ___________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

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Situation #2

Why do you prefer to It is because I believe that

befriend girls than boys? boys are messy and unclean.

Bias or Prejudice? _________________

Explanation: ___________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

Situation #3

Leslie and I were supposed to

go to the mall together, but I feel hurt and aggravated.
she went with Tina instead.

Bias or Prejudice? _________________

Explanation: ___________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

Situation #4

Leslie, will you hire her in I will not hire her. She looks
your company? weak and inexperienced.

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Bias or Prejudice? _________________
Explanation: ___________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

Situation #5

Chelsie and I did not listen to

Nikki, why are you sad? our group leader’s instructions
and I was the only one who
was scolded.

Bias or Prejudice? _________________

Explanation: ___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Day 3
Let Us Practice More

Watch the movie of Zootopia or read the whole story below to

accomplish the task that follows. You may use this link to watch the
movie online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6XvbMz1O40

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 ZOOTOPIA

Zootopia is a film set in a place where anthropomorphic mammals

rule the land. Judy Hopps is a rabbit from ruralsville Bunnyburrow,
and she sets out to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a police
officer in the megalopolis known as Zootopia.
Even though Judy’s her academy’s valedictorian, Police Chief Bogo
doesn’t think much of the fluffy bunny, and he assigns her to parking
duty. That belief is backed up when she’s out on her first day, and a
couple of con-artist foxes, Nick Wilde, and Finnick, swindle the new
cop.
Then after Judy leaves her parking duty to arrest Duke
Weaselton for stealing a bag of crocus bulbs called Midnicampum
holicithias, Chief Bogo reprimands her. Mrs. Otterton next walks into
Chief Bogo’s office; pleading for someone to find her missing husband,
Emmitt. He’s one of fourteen predators who have suddenly gone
missing.
Judy excitedly volunteers to take the case, and when Assistant
Mayor Dawn Bellwether finds out about it, she forces Chief Bogo to let
the bunny investigate. In true crime drama style, he gives Judy 48
hours to find Emmitt, or she’s off the police force.
Judy figures that Nick was the last to see Emmitt, so she secretly
records his confession of tax evasion, and then blackmails him into
helping her solve the case. The two track Otterton to the crime boss
Mr. Big’s limousine. He says Otterton reverted to his animalistic, feral
state, and savagely attacked his chauffeur Manchas.
They find Manchas at his home where he claims Otterton yelled
at him about night howlers before the attack. As Manchas tells them
the story, he too turns savage, and chases after our heroes. Judy is
able to trap him, and she then calls the ZPD for help, but Manchas
escapes before they can arrive. Police Chief Bogo prematurely
demands Judy’s resignation, but Nick jumps in to defend her as the
two begin to bond over the incident.
Next up, Judy and Nick head over to City Hall where they access
to the city’s traffic cameras. They find that wolves captured Manchas,
and Judy figures that they are the night howlers Otterton was
screaming about.
Eventually, they locate the missing predators at the Cliffside
Asylum, and they all have turned savage. Zootopia’s Mayor, Leodore
Lionheart, has been illegally holding them in secret while they try to
figure out the cause of their feral behavior. Judy has Lionheart and
the asylum staff arrested for false imprisonment, and Assistant Mayor
Bellwether becomes the megapolis’ new mayor.
After everyone heaps tons of praise on Judy for solving the case,
she asks Nick to become her ZPD partner. However, when Judy says
that she believes that predator biology is the root cause for the
animals turning savage at a press conference, Nick refuses Judy’s

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offer out of spite (and the fact that he too is considered a predator
species).
Judy’s comment about predator biology just contributes to the
hateful speech and discrimination against predators now running
rampant throughout Zootopia. Feeling guilty over this, Judy resigns
from the ZPD, and returns to Bunnyburrow as a failed rabbit.
Once back at Bunnyburrow, Judy learns that the night howlers
mentioned are actually the crocus bulbs Weaselton stole at the
beginning of the movie. They contain a neurotoxin that creates severe
psychotropic effects in mammals; causing them to turn savage.
With this news, Judy heads back to Zootopia, and reconciles with
Nick. The two confront Weaselton, and he eventually reveals that the
bulbs he stole were meant for a ram named Doug. They run off to find
Doug who is at a hidden laboratory deep in the city’s subway system.
He’s busy developing a drug made from night howlers, which he has
been testing on predators by shooting them with a dart gun.
Judy and Nick snatch the mystery drug for evidence, but before
they can return to the ZPD, Mayor Bellwether finds them at the
Natural History Museum. She reveals herself to be the mastermind of
a prey-supremacist conspiracy seeking to frame predators as
dangerous and savage.
After a scuffle, Bellwether steals their evidence back as Nick tends
to an injured Judy. When Bellwether then shoots Nick with a drug
pellet in an attempt to make him attack Judy, we learn Nick replaced
the pellets with harmless blueberries. Judy then tricks Bellwether into
monologging her part in the attacks, while she records the Mayor’s
confession.
The film concludes as the ZPD arrests Bellwether for the
scheme. Lionheart publicly denies any such knowledge of Bellwether’s
plot; still defending his imprisonment of the savage predators. Doctors
cure the savage animals, and Judy rejoins the ZPD. Nick soon
graduates from Zootopia’s Police Academy as the city’s first fox police
officer where the ZPD assigns him to be Judy’s partner.

https://www.moviehousememories.com/zootopia-2016-movie-summary/

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 Let us now talk about it. Accomplish the table below.

Scene that shows bias Scene that shows prejudice

How do you feel about it? How do you feel about it?

If you were in the situation, what If you were in the situation, what
would you do? would you do?

Lesson learned: _______________________________________

___________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
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 Day 4
Let Us Remember

Explain the similarities and differences between bias and prejudice

through a Venn Diagram.

Bias
Prejudice

Let Us Assess

Task 1

A. Write the letter of your answer.

________1. It refers to an unfair favor.

a. Prejudice b. Bias c. Sexism d. Stereotyping

________2. Which of the following means to treat someone unfairly

because of their skin color?
a. sexism b. ableism c. racism d. sizeism

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________3. It is an act of pre-judgment.
a. Prejudice b. Bias c. Sexism d. Stereotyping

________4. Which of the following is not an example of prejudice?

a. The owner of the company evaluates all potential employees
exclusively by their professional qualifications.
b. The exaggerated and oversimplifies belief that a majority of
lawyer are dishonest.
c. A strong belief that women cannot do as good of a job as a
man.
d. A belief that men who spend too much time on the
computer or read are geeks.

________5. Denying or restricting the rights of a person due to their

membership in a certain groups is an example of____.
a. Discrimination b. bias c. prejudice d. stereotype

________6. Mary is the human resources manager at Gaisano Mall. In

an interview, she dismissed James, a male candidate, on the
basis that he is using hearing aids. This is an example of
which type of prejudice?
a. Religious b. ageism c. Racial d. ableism

________7. Which of the following statements is not true?

a. Bias is not observable.
b. Bias is giving a favor in an unfair way.
c. Bias is sometimes influenced by prejudice.
d. Bias is different from prejudice.

________8. Which of the following statements is not true?

a. Prejudice is not necessarily put into action.
b. Prejudice is unfavourable opinion or feeling formed
beforehand
c. Prejudice is sometimes an act of pre-judgement.
d. Prejudice is an unreasonable thought about a person,

________9. A type of prejudice which is on the basis of social class.

a. Religious Prejudice c. Homophobia
b. Classicism d. Nationalism

________10. It is treating a person or group differently because of the

particular beliefs which they hold about a religion
a. Religious Prejudice c. Homophobia
b. Classicism d. Nationalism

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B. Identify whether each sentence shows bias or prejudice. Write the
word B if it shows bias and P if prejudice.
____1. Boys should not wear pink.
____2. He is less masculine because he spends time at home with his family.
____3.Not serving someone in a restaurant or retail store because of his race.
____4. She cannot undertake certain kinds of work because women are
known to be too emotional.
____5. Overlooking someone for a promotion for no good reason.

____6. Making someone’s life difficult with unfair criticism and menial tasks.
____7. She will be less devoted to her job because she is a mother.
____8. Serving a person in a shop last although he/she was first.
____9. He must be a target for bullying because he does not use violence or
aggression.
____10. One of the judges gave one of the contestants a high score merely
because the contestant is his relative.

Day 5
Let Us Enhance
A. Compose a sample dialog depicting bias and prejudice.
Write the dialogs in the call outs.
Example:
Prejudice

Sir, Maris always have

Dian, why did you not headaches. I believe she
include Maris in your group won’t contribute
list? academically.

1. Bias

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2. Bias

3. Prejudice

4. Prejudice

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B. Write down your experience or someone’s experience related to
bias and prejudice. It can be an experience when you were the
victim or the one who showed bias and prejudice. It must be one
(1) bias experience and one (1) prejudice experience. If no known
experience, try to interview any member of your family or your
friends.

 Bias Experience

 Prejudice Experience

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 Let Us Reflect

Express your realizations about the impact of bias and

prejudice to our lives through a drawing.

Concluding Statement: _______________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

Criteria:

Composition/Design-------20 points
Creativity/Originality --------40 points
Craftsmanship/Skill/Consistency--------40 points

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1. b
2. c
3. a
4. a
5. c 1. Prejudice
6. d 2. Prejudice
7. a 3. Bias 1. d
8. c 4. Prejudice 2. b
9. b 5. Bias 3. c
10.a 4. d
> Explanations may vary
5. a
B. Let us Practice More B.
1. P  Answers may vary 1. False
2. P 2. True
3. B 3. False
4. P Let us Remember 4. False
5. B  Answers may vary 5. True
6. B 6. True
7. P 7.True
8. B 8. True
9. P 9. False
10. B 10. True
Answer key to Activities
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