Exploring Implicit Bias
Location
Buller Hall 106
Start Date
30-3-2017 3:30 PM
End Date
30-3-2017 4:20 PM
Type of Presentation
50 minute Scholarly Work Presentation
Proposal for Presentation
We all have biases whether we realize it or not. It is because deep within our subconscious all of us harbor biases we consciously abhor yet the worst part of it is that we actually act upon them (Carpenter, 2008). This interactive session will help educational leaders to explore/identify their implicit biases and help develop skill to build an understanding, acceptance, and appreciation of people we interact with on a daily basis.
Exploring Implicit Bias
Buller Hall 106
We all have biases whether we realize it or not. It is because deep within our subconscious all of us harbor biases we consciously abhor yet the worst part of it is that we actually act upon them (Carpenter, 2008). This interactive session will help educational leaders to explore/identify their implicit biases and help develop skill to build an understanding, acceptance, and appreciation of people we interact with on a daily basis.
Acknowledgments
We all have biases whether we realize it or not. It is because deep within our subconscious all of us harbor biases we consciously abhor yet the worst part of it is that we actually act upon them (Carpenter, 2008). Implicit bias is the bias in judgment and/or behavior that results from subtle cognitive processes. It is the implicit attitude or stereotype seen often at a level beyond our conscious awareness and most importantly, without intentional control. In essence, implicit bias is about our underlying attitudes and stereotypes responsible for the beliefs and simple associations we make between an object and its evaluation that “...are automatically activated by the mere presence (actual or symbolic) of the attitude object” (Dovidio, Gaertner, Kawakami, & Hodson, 2002, p. 94; Banaji & Heiphetz, 2010). While the research on implicit bias continues to emerge, psychologists believe implicit biases are learned from several sources which include but are not limited to our environment, family, peers, teachers, culture, the society we live in, experiences we are exposed to, people we interact with, and from in print or social media (Rudman, 2004).
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