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RATIONALE In class, we studied biases in many texts and how those biases affected the way people see the world. We read the NPR interview â€Å"Stanford Study Finds Most Students Vulnerable to Fake News† where Kelly McEvers talks to Professor Sam Wineburg about his study on the ability of students to differentiate between fake and real news. In addition, we read the commencement speech â€Å"This is Water† by David Foster Wallace which discusses biases and how attitude and awareness can shape people’s personalities and overall happiness. I chose to write an interview in the format of the NPR text we studied in class because it could present opinions and facts clearly. The interview I wrote is Kelly McEvers interviewing Professor Barney Wintersteen,†¦show more content†¦TRANSCRIPT KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: How do people view the world? Is it all based on race, culture, and ethnicity? Is it more found in the upbringing of children? New studies exploring the effects of perceptions in the lives of people have been released in the Stanford Psychology Department. One of the professors, Barney Wintersteen is here with us today to comment on the recent updates. Large portions of people fail to see past instinctive judgments. They see a projection of the world that is completely made up of their own experiences. Earlier, I asked Barney Wintersteen, a professor of psychology, to describe this phenomenon. BARNEY WINTERSTEEN: In one of our tests, we asked a variety of people to walk directly down a hall and touch a button on the far side. The only thing in the room was a mirror on the wall. Before we sent the subjects through, however, we conducted an experiment. We told half of them that something on their person was imperfect. 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