What is Cross-race Effect? [Definition and Example] - Understanding Cognitive Biases

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What is Cross-race effect?

Definition:
The tendency for people of one race to have difficulty identifying members of a race other than their own.

Example:
A study was made which examined 271 real court cases. In photographic line-ups, 231 witnesses participated in cross-race versus same-race identification. In cross-race lineups, only 45% were correctly identified versus 60% for same-race identifications.

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What are Cognitive Biases?

A cognitive bias is a systematic error in thinking that occurs when people are processing and interpreting information in the world around them and affects the decisions and judgments that they make.

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