What does bias mean?

What does bias mean?

• A. Unfair prejudice in favor of or against one thing
• B. Calls upon the audience's emotions or feelings
• C. Describes events in order
• D. States author's name

Answer: (A)

Bias means having an unfair preference or prejudice that colors how you think about something, favoring or disfavoring it without fair consideration. It shows up when a person, source, or decision-maker treats one side better or worse than the facts warrant, shaping judgments before all information is weighed. This helps you spot when information might be biased rather than neutral or fully objective. For example, a news piece that consistently praises one side while ignoring opposing viewpoints demonstrates bias. The other ideas describe different things: calling on the audience’s emotions is an appeal to feelings (a rhetorical tactic), describing events in order is about sequence, and stating the author’s name is about attribution.

Bias means having an unfair preference or prejudice that colors how you think about something, favoring or disfavoring it without fair consideration. It shows up when a person, source, or decision-maker treats one side better or worse than the facts warrant, shaping judgments before all information is weighed. This helps you spot when information might be biased rather than neutral or fully objective. For example, a news piece that consistently praises one side while ignoring opposing viewpoints demonstrates bias. The other ideas describe different things: calling on the audience’s emotions is an appeal to feelings (a rhetorical tactic), describing events in order is about sequence, and stating the author’s name is about attribution.