Question

Write a short essay in Writing Tutor identifying 3 examples of bias found in your research based on the Reunification of Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Ways to identify bias:

-Interpreting information to support existing beliefs

-Ignoring information that challenges held beliefs

-Personal background influences the way an event is viewed

-Writing is one-sided

-Used opinions instead of facts

-Word choice that depicts events in a specific way

Minimum word count: 20
Maximum word count: 80
Required vocabulary: bias, viewpoint

Answer 1

As a writing tutor, I identify three examples of bias in research on German reunification after the Berlin Wall fell: 1) Western triumphalism portraying reunification as capitalist victory (interpreting information to support existing beliefs); 2) Omission of Eastern hardships and loss of identity (ignoring contrary information); 3) Loaded language calling East Germans "backward," reflecting the author's personal viewpoint and using opinion over facts.