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prejudice

Entries tagged with prejudice - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.

5 concepts

Psychological Phenomenon

Aversive Racism 

When people who genuinely believe they are not prejudiced still harbour unconscious biases that shape their behaviour in subtle ways.

Cognitive Bias

Illusory Correlation 

Perceiving a relationship between two things when no meaningful connection exists - or when the connection is far weaker than it appears.

Psychological Phenomenon

Implicit Association 

The automatic, unconscious mental connections between concepts, groups, and attributes that shape perception and behaviour without conscious awareness.

Rhetorical Device

Scapegoating 

Blaming a person or group for problems they didn't cause, diverting attention from the real source.

Psychological Phenomenon

Symbolic Racism 

When prejudice hides behind the language of fairness - opposing policies that help marginalised groups while insisting the opposition isn't racial.