Tag
prejudice
Entries tagged with prejudice - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.
5 concepts
Aversive Racism
When people who genuinely believe they are not prejudiced still harbour unconscious biases that shape their behaviour in subtle ways.
Cognitive BiasIllusory Correlation
Perceiving a relationship between two things when no meaningful connection exists - or when the connection is far weaker than it appears.
Psychological PhenomenonImplicit Association
The automatic, unconscious mental connections between concepts, groups, and attributes that shape perception and behaviour without conscious awareness.
Rhetorical DeviceScapegoating
Blaming a person or group for problems they didn't cause, diverting attention from the real source.
Psychological PhenomenonSymbolic Racism
When prejudice hides behind the language of fairness - opposing policies that help marginalised groups while insisting the opposition isn't racial.