Module 1: Recap and Quiz
- Implicit bias operates outside of our conscious awareness.
- Implicit bias is unconscious, automatic, and relies on associations that we form over time.
- We can form bias toward groups of people based on what we see in the media, our background, and experiences.
- Our biases reflect how we internalize messages about our society rather than our intent. Nevertheless, we can still act on our biases in ways that can harm others.
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Implicit bias differs from suppressed explicit biases that individuals may conceal for social desirability purposes. Implicit biases are activated involuntarily and beyond our awareness or intentional control. Implicit bias is concerned with unconscious cognition that influences understanding, actions, and decisions, whereas individuals who may choose not to share their explicit beliefs due to social desirability inclinations are consciously making this determination.
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The main distinction between implicit and explicit bias are related to the automaticity of how we encode and access our preferences and associations. Our implicit biases reflect our thinking patterns on “auto-pilot” whereas our explicit biases are more deliberative and related to our conscious system of beliefs. The extent to which these types of bias impact our actions, cause negative outcomes, and are apparent to others is going to depend much more on the context or expression of bias.
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Even though it is possible, or even likely, that you do not know the
implicit biases you possess we can each become aware of our implicit
associations and biases through various assessments--more on this in
Module 3
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You seem to have a great handle on how bias works! Importantly, both positive and negative biases can be constructive or destructive. Positive biases, if they do not align with reality, can have unintended harmful effects. You will see examples of this in Module 2.
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