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Cultural bias
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<p>Cultural bias is the interpretation and judgment of phenomena by the standards of one's own culture. It is sometimes considered a problem central to social and human sciences, such as <a href="/facts/Economics/HYctA2Dn">economics</a>, <a href="/facts/Psychology/duoqW7Sz">psychology</a>, <a href="/facts/Anthropology/W6WK1C3a">anthropology</a>, and <a href="/facts/Sociology/d2Fd0N87">sociology</a>. Some practitioners of these fields have attempted to develop methods and theories to compensate for or eliminate cultural bias. </p><p>Cultural bias occurs when people of a culture make assumptions about conventions, including conventions of language, notation, proof and evidence. They are then accused of mistaking these assumptions for laws of logic or nature. Numerous such biases exist, concerning cultural norms for color, mate selection, concepts of justice, <a href="/facts/Linguistics/oQuamvf2">linguistic</a> and logical validity, the acceptability of evidence, and taboos. </p>