Intensional Orientation
The tendency to view people in terms of how they're labeled or talked about instead of how they actually are.
The cure: Extensionalization
Allness
Defaulting to the perceptual influence of implication, assuming one knows all there is to know about another.
The cure: There's Always More to Learn
Fact/Inference Confusion
Basing evaluations on assumptions.
The cure: Time
Indiscrimination
When one focuses on classes of individuals and fails to see uniqueness and individuality.
The cure: Consideration
Polarization
The fallacy of either/or, a barrier of extremes.
The cure: Middle Ground
Static Evaluation
A barrier influenced by the Primacy/Recency effect, the notion that people don't change.
The cure: Observation
Disconfirmation
The disregard of another.
"No more fiendish punishment could be devised than that one would be turned loose in society and remain unnoticed by the members thereof."
The cure: Confirmation
Stereotyping
The "isms..."
Sexism
Heterosexism
Racism
Ageism
Antisemitism
Atheism
The cure: Click on Comments below and let us know what your cure is.
