The police shootings of Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell, they argue, are simply dramatic examples of how "implicit prejudice" influences the behavior of us all.

While Duff was a highly skilled scholar who was devoted to India, his evangelist ideals and western prejudice may have influenced his students in ways that he did not anticipate.

They also claim, based on a study of 48 street-level state employees in two states, that "workers' beliefs about the people they interact with continually rub against policies and rules" and that the prejudices of the street-level bureaucrats influence their treatment of citizens.

Public opinion specialists have long noted that people are reluctant to admit that racial prejudices influence their own actions; thus, the device of asking them about attitudes of others is frequently used as a substitute.

They also objected to a measure that would have allowed such prisoners to raise appeals on the basis that racial prejudice influenced the selection of jurors.

The plurality in Rosales-Lopez held that in federal court, refusal to pose questions submitted by the defendant would be "reversible error only where the circumstances of the case indicate that there is a reasonable possibility that racial or ethnic prejudice might have influenced the jury."

Some historians have suggested that racial prejudice influenced his conduct, while others hold that he merely lost his nerve.

Most controversially, Cesarani suggests that Arendt's own prejudices influenced the opinions she expressed during the trial, something Arendt had to deny since the release of the book.

Interviewer bias refers to when an interviewers' own prejudices or opinions about the event influence the manner in which they conduct the interview, and can occur when interviewers mold the interview to maximize disclosures that are consistent with their beliefs by gathering confirmatory evidence and neglecting disconfirmatory evidence.

The theme of Dr. Talit Reisenberger's doctorate - "The Concept of Motherhood in the Bible" - has proved that fixed prejudices and the expectations in daily life in ancient times influenced the definition of "The Motherhood Concept" as it appears in the text of the Bible.