A Brief Note On The Race Bias Theory - 1280 Words

Psychology assessment 2 due Friday 6th February 2015 Ahmed Ali 14033164 Abstract Own race bias is the temperament to distinguish and individualise between the face of our own race more easily than faces of another race. The present study examined weather or not own race bias exists within our communities. The standard deviation (SD) for the number of black faces recalled for group 2 is 1.82574 and the SD of faces recalled from group 4 is 1.94936. The SD of white faces recalled for group 1 is 1.09545 and the SD number of faces recalled for group 3 is 1.30384 these results show own race bias was indeed present amongst these 20 youths. Introduction The own race bias theory is the temperament to distinguish and individualize between the face of one’s race more easily than faces of another race. This theory can explain why you may hear people saying another ethnic or racial group â€Å"all look alike†. 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