Sample content Checkpoint: Evaluation and Judgment Your Name Axia College of the University of Phoenix BEH 225 Instructor, Name Month and Day, 2009 In society, we evaluate people in a variety of ways. Impressions, stereotypes and biases are three examples of ways in which we routinely judge other people. For instance, an individual who seems withdrawn, quiet and avoids eye contact is likely to be viewed as shy. They may be avoiding eye contact of another reason, such as prejudice or fatigue, but our impressions and stereotypes lead us to come to a different conclusion. Another example would be seeing a youth wearing their hat backward and baggy, oversized pants and assuming that they are a gang member. In fact, they may not be anything like the stereotype we have assigned to them. A third example of judgmental bias and prejud