English Flashcards
(36 cards)
happens when people are too reliant on current information or the initial information they find
Anchoring bias
this happens when journalists and new producers in the mass media select
Media Bias
happens when one tends to search for, interpret, favor, and remember information
Confirmation
happens when one makes a wrong or uncomfortable decision to fit in
Conformity
happens when sees the wonderful thing about a person
Halo effect
is the idea that groups of people exhibit different personality characteristics
Racism
a prejudice based on sex or gender
sexism
prejudice base on social class or grouping of individuals
Classism
prejudicial attitude towards older people
Ageism
the attitude towards a person of group differently
Religion
single-sided, illogical, and non-neutral support of a viewpoint in favor
Bias
commonly used to refer to reconceived judgment toward a person
Prejudice
generally defined as verb forms used as another part of speech
verbal
Kind of Verbals:
Gerunds
Participle
Infinitives
verb form ending in ING used as nouns, They are identical to the resent
Gerunds
gerund with modifiers or a compliment, all acting together as a noun
Gerund phrase
(can also be called _______ only) usually comes before the verbs, both action-linking verb
Subject of the sentence
usually comes after the linking verb
Subject complement (SC)-
usually comes after the action verb
Direct object (DO)
object of the preposition comes after the preposition
Object of Preposition (OP)
always between two comments
Appositive (A)
usually comes before verb, both action verb and linking verb
Gerund as a subject
usually comes after the action verb
Gerund as a Direct Object
is a form that generally appears with the word “to” and acts as a noun
Infinitives