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Department of Education
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SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ALBAY

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN ENGLISH 9

Worksheet No.1, Quarter 3
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UNDERSTANDING BIASES AND PREJUDICES

I. LEARNING SKILLS
A. Most Essential Learning Competency
Differentiate biases from prejudices (EN9LC-IVf-13.3)
B. Objectives
a. Differentiate biases from prejudices
b. Recognize bias and prejudice in a given situation
c. Cite situation you have been through where you think there was bias or
prejudice.

II. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT

Oftentimes, we encountered difficulties in differentiating bias from prejudice. In
this Learning Activity Sheet, you’ll be able to explore the distinguishing characteristics
between these two concepts.

Bias Versus Prejudice

Bias is a tendency to lean in a certain direction, either in favor of or against a

particular thing. To be truly biased means to lack a neutral viewpoint on a particular
topic.
If you're biased towards something, then you lean favorably towards it; you tend
to think positively of it. Meanwhile, if you're biased against something, then you lean
negatively against it; you tend to think poorly of it.
Simply put, bias means the tendency to favor one person, group, thing or point
of view over another in an unfair way.
Prejudice on the other hand, refers to a pre-conceived opinion or feeling
towards a person based solely on their affiliation with a group. A prejudice is not based
on experience; instead, it is a prejudgment, originating outside actual experience. It
often casts an unfavorable light on someone simply because they're a member of some
ethnic group, religion, or organization.

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 In short, prejudice is an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand. It
simply means to pre-judge others.

Recognizing Biases and Prejudices

❖ If someone has a bias about women, he/she can take two different approaches.
Being biased toward women, a person might hire women only because he/she
feels they make better employees for some gender-related reasons. Conversely,
being biased against women, a person might hire a man over a more-qualified
female applicant.
❖ Biases toward certain religions can also manifest in two different ways. Being
biased towards one’s religion makes him/her think that his/her beliefs and
practices are superior to any other form of religion. However, if someone is
biased against a certain religion, he/she might show it by making rude or
insensitive comments about it.
❖ If someone is biased towards a political affiliation, he/she 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 his/her bias by quickly
dismissing or disagreeing with anyone who has an opposing political view.
Source: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-bias.html

Some of the most common types of bias are:

1. Anchoring bias- This happens when people are too relied on current information
or the initial information they find in decision-making.
Example: From what I know, I chose you because I believed others are not
good as you.
2. Media bias- This happens when the journalists and news producers in the mass
media select what to report and cover.
Example: As a witness to the incident, I can attest that the reported news is
far from what I see because the events are reversed and untrue.
3. Confirmation- This happens when one tends to search for, interpret, favor and
remember information supporting one’s belief and views.
Example: When he found out that the report did not agree with his views, he
immediately researched facts to prove that he was right.
4. Conformity- This happens when one makes a wrong or uncomfortable decision
to fit in to please the group of people.
Example: Although I did not agree with my will, I went with them to be happy.
I was ashamed of my own helpless decision.
5. Halo Effect- This happens when one sees the wonderful thing about a person
and let the perceptions on everything else about that person be distorted.
Example: Among the applicants, only Leo’s papers were completely reviewed
because the manager was impressed with his awards and
commendations.
Prejudice is an unfavorable opinion or feeling beforehand without knowledge,
thought or reason. The most common types of prejudice include:
1. Racism- This is the idea that groups of people exhibit different personality
characteristics and can be separated based on the dominance of one race over
another.
Example: All Chinese in the country are considered virus carriers due to
COVID-19 disease.

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 2. Sexism- This is a prejudice based on sex or gender.
Example: Women are considered weak and lack the strength and ability to
do the work of men.
3. Classism- This is a prejudice based on social class or grouping of individuals
based on wealth, occupation, income, education and social network.
Example: The poor are uneducated and do not help our country; they should
not be treated well by the government.
4. Ageism- This is a prejudicial attitude towards older people, old age, and the
aging process.
Example: All adults should no be hired because they only become a burden,
especially those who deserve to retire.
5. Religion- This is a negative attitude towards a person’s religious affiliation or
beliefs.
Example: He lost his job because of his religion, which was believed to
conflict with his employer.
Source: DepEd Region IX-Zamboanga Peninsula. English 9 SLM. Quarter 3-Module 1. Biases and Prejudices.

III. ACTIVITIES
A. PRACTICE TASKS

Practice Task 1. Bias or Prejudice?

A. Direction: Differentiate bias from prejudice based on the following statements.

Write True if the statement is correct, and false if it is not.

1. Prejudice is the opinion or viewpoint while discrimination is the action.

2. Putting up a greater number of female washrooms in airports is an example of bias.
3. If someone is thinking poorly of another person for his belonging to a certain race and
different religion, then he has prejudice.
4. Firing an employee upon learning of her pregnancy demonstrates prejudice.
5. Being not invited to a family reunion because of socio-economic status shows bias.

B. Recognize whether the statements below show bias or prejudice. On the space
provided, write B if it poses bias or P if Prejudice.

1. Bullying and discriminating someone with disability.

2. Posting hate comments in social media about economic status of a family.
3. Assuming someone is lesbian because of the way she acts.
4. Not entertaining a black customer in a restaurant.
5. Winning the beauty pageant because majority of the judges was her relatives.
6. Arriving to own subjective decision after seeking thorough evaluation from experts.
7. Believing that household chores should only be assigned to female children.
8. Not hiring a more qualified applicant because of his physical appearance.
9. Judging someone who has a tattoo.
10. Denying someone a promotion because his political view is different

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Practice Task 2. Triple Match
Direction: The statements in the boxes B below show prejudiced thought and biased
action. Match the statement in boxes B to the corresponding type of prejudice in boxes
A and type of bias in boxes C. Connect them using a line.

Type of Prejudice Prejudiced Thought & Biased Action Type of Bias

A B C

1.What was reported in the news was really wrong.

They did not reveal the fact that blind and deaf children
Confirmation
Ageism can pass the given exam. News producers no longer
want to favor these people because they are considered
a liability to the educational system.

2.Joel understands that age is not the cornerstone of a

friend’s decision. Yet even his colleagues prefer young
Physical men intentionally over aged people because they Anchoring
Disability assume that older people are difficult to understand in
all respects. While Joel wants to have an older friend,
he choses to follow the group’s wishes to upset them.

3. As a man, I prefer to hear works expressing men’s

capability. Any sort of writing about views comparing
men to women is, in my opinion, appropriate. Yet Conformity
Religion
accepting that women are better is inappropriate
because they are fundamentally inept.

4. I prefer my father’s belief because it is what I learned

from the word of God. I do not know how much about Halo
Sexism my mother’s faith and practices. All I know, based on Effect
my grandfather’s stories, is that it is not socially
acceptable.

5. When Liza found out that Luis was a poor man, she
abandoned him. He preferred Leo because he was
Classism wealthy enough to meet her needs. For Liza, the poor Media
people have no space in her life, considering they do
not have enough income and good education.

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Practice Task 3. Think Critically!
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. Sometimes in our lives, we tend to judge others. We solely based it on what we
believe. These thoughts and actions are what we called .
a. biases b. prejudices c. biases and prejudices d. unfairness
2.Which of the following is the characteristic of bias?
a. It is a process of pre-judging a person without looking into the evidence.
b. It is usually negative; having no one is advantaged.
c. It is flexible depending on one’s thinking and instinctive feeling.
d. It is a fixed type of emotion towards a person.
3. People may become bias because
a. they want to give equal treatment.
b. they are influenced by the environment
c. they have a similar feeling.
d. people, by nature, are self-centered.
4. One of the similarities between bias and prejudice is
a. negative thought c. negative treatment
b. negative action d. positive communication
5. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will
not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” This popular
line from Martin Luther King Jr’s speech in 1963 is about .
a. prejudice in racism c. discrimination in racism
b. bias in nationalism d. freedom and empowerment
6. Which of the following is the least common type of prejudice?
a. Racism b. Sexism c. Classism d. Linguistic
7. Which of the following is not considered media bias?
a. Advertising consists of choosing media reports depending on what marketers
might want.
b. The mainstream consists of saying the same thing as all other reports- and
preventing offensive stories- to keep people and audiences from turning away.
c. Gender selection consists of a preference for men.
d. In favor of daily events, a media source decides to cover unusual events.
8. This type of bias occurs when you are too reliant on the initial information’s details,
resulting in biased decision making.
a. Anchoring b. Conformity c. Religion d. Media
9. Using “He” as a generic pronoun for subject in all forms of writing and speech is
considered .
a. race bias b. gender bias c. class bias d. social bias
10. Only American and African people are selected to join the world competition; Asians
were rejected. This statement is an example of .
a. bias in racism c. bias in classism
b. prejudice in racism d. prejudice in classism

B. ASSESSMENT
Directions: Recall instances in your life where you have been a victim of bias or
prejudice, or you have mistakenly treated others based on these two concepts. Write a
short story on a sheet of paper focusing on your experience and how you dealt with it.
Provide a catchy title and limit the number of words to 180-200.

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IV. RUBRIC FOR SCORING

3 2 1
Organization The story is well The story is The story is not
organized with clear somewhat organized organized with
beginning, middle but with unclear and unclear and
and end incomplete incomplete
beginning, middle beginning, middle
and end and end
Content The story makes The story mostly The story does not
sense as it describes makes sense and make sense and has
details concerning has some details on few or no details on
bias or prejudice. bias and prejudice bias and prejudice
Quality of Work The work is readable Readability and The work is difficult to
and neat. neatness could be read
improved
Mechanics The story The story applied The story failed to
exceptionally uses some language use language
language mechanics mechanics for mechanics for
for sentences, sentences, sentences,
paragraphs and paragraphs and paragraphs and
grammar rules. grammar rules. grammar rules.

V. REFLECTION
My Learning Organizer
Complete the learning organizer below by providing the needed information for each
box.

My own example illustrating bias: My own example illustrating prejudice:

To avoid being biased, I need to: To avoid prejudice, I must:

VI. References
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-bias.html
DepEd Region V. English LAS 9-Worksheet 1, Q.3.
DepEd Region IX-Zamboanga Peninsula. English 9 SLM. Quarter 3-Module 1. Biases
and Prejudices

Congratulations! You have completed your learning adventure!

Good luck on your next learning journey!

Prepared by:

JOVITO A. BRIONES JR
Teacher II, Nagotgot High School

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Practice Task 1:Bias or Prejudice? Practice Task 2: Triple Match
A.
1. True 1.Physical Disability-Media
2. True 2. Ageism- Conformity
3. True 3.Sexism- Confirmation
4. True 4.Religion-Anchoring
5. False 5.Classism-Halo Effect
B.
1. P 6. B
2. P 7. P
3. P 8. B
4. P 9. P
5. B 10. B
Practice Task 3: Think Critically!
1. C 2.C 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. B 10.A
Assessment: Answer may vary
Reflection: Answer may vary
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