implicit bias

implicit bias

not conscious or explicit bias

race threat theory

when people feel threatened, they are more likely to draw group boundaries to distinguish themselves from others

schema

cognitive framework or concept that helps organize and interprett information

implicit cognition

refers to the effect of knowledge, perception, or memory on experience, thought, or action in the absence of the person’s conscious awareness of this process or its impact

power of labels

labels influence how we perceive people in terms of their competence, behavior, and capability

where do these unconscious biases come from?

• early socialization

• everyday exposure to cues in our environment

• methods

  • direct: real world encounters

  • indirect: stories, books, movies

how implicit bias works

• see someone

• sort someone

• attribution

• influences what we expect to see

• influences how we interact with the person

overcoming prejudice: controlled processing not automatic processing

• actively reject steortpes

• can be internally or externally motivated

microaggressions

subtle acts that show/reinforce dominance

bias interrupters

• offer the floor

• publicly acknowledge

• push back

• bystander interventon

• look for opportunities to perform microaffirmations

4 patterns of bias behavior

• prove it again: repeatedly prove themselves to be seen as equally capable

• tightrope: ppl find themsleves measured against certain sterotypes and must walk a narrow line to balance cultural expectation

• amternal wall: bias triggered by parenting and the tradeoffs between career and family

• tug of war: occurs when bias creates conflict within a group

bias interruption process

• use metricts to pinpoint where bias exists

• introduce specific bias interrupters

• emasure levels of bias again and reconfigure as necessary