Rapid reasoning: Racial bias as a result of heuristic cognitive process

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

5 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

07/29/2009

Category :

Social studies

Sub category :

Psychology

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Summary :

Abstract
Rapid reasoning: Racial bias as a result of heuristic cognitive process
Exploring the issue of stereotypical or intuitive thought-acts
The method of study
Expected outcomes and limitations
Limitation of the analysis
Conclusion
References

Abstract

Simple and complex judgments or decision-making are often performed in conditions which are not ideally rational, and the cognitive thought-process of the brain in fact follows unstated heuristics besides logic. Current research in cognitive reasoning finds that it takes more energy for the subject to expel prejudicial or biased heuristic thinking, following the original findings of Kahneman and Tversky (1979), and the study will include 60 York University graduate students consisting of a mixed sexual and racial sample pool. They will be issued independent variable (IV) questions associating word recognition with racial stereotypes, followed by sample articles which will oppositely reflect black men in a positive or negative perspective from which a dependent variable (DV) questionnaire will follow asking whether or not they would hire a black male for a prospective job posting. results will be organized according to the Chi-squared test model. Expectations from the study are to positively analyze the impact of rapid heuristical reasoning, and to comprehend its application to racial prejudice as a potential impediment to multi-ethnic job hiring. Concurrently, Canadians have a popular opinion of the country as a multi-cultural and tolerate multi-ethnic state which does not discriminate amongst its populace. Furthermore, those with higher-education are perceived as more tolerate and progressive than those without. The study seeks to test these hypotheses by counter-acting them against foreign-born participants, and by varying the educational qualifications of the sample population for statistical variance.