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What is the primary function of stereotypes in unconscious bias?
What is the primary function of stereotypes in unconscious bias?
What is the primary characteristic of microaggressions?
What is the primary characteristic of microaggressions?
What is the main goal of privilege awareness?
What is the main goal of privilege awareness?
What is the primary challenge in blindspot identification?
What is the primary challenge in blindspot identification?
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What is the primary function of implicit association?
What is the primary function of implicit association?
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What is the primary reason why unconscious bias can influence hiring decisions?
What is the primary reason why unconscious bias can influence hiring decisions?
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What is the primary benefit of recognizing and addressing unconscious bias?
What is the primary benefit of recognizing and addressing unconscious bias?
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What is the primary role of self-reflection in blindspot identification?
What is the primary role of self-reflection in blindspot identification?
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What is the tendency to favor people who are similar to us based on shared characteristics, experiences, or demographics?
What is the tendency to favor people who are similar to us based on shared characteristics, experiences, or demographics?
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Which type of bias involves seeking out information that confirms existing beliefs?
Which type of bias involves seeking out information that confirms existing beliefs?
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What is the impact of unconscious bias on hiring and recruitment?
What is the impact of unconscious bias on hiring and recruitment?
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What is the benefit of diversity of thought in a business?
What is the benefit of diversity of thought in a business?
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What is the primary function of heuristics in the brain?
What is the primary function of heuristics in the brain?
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What is the impact of unconscious bias on business decisions?
What is the impact of unconscious bias on business decisions?
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What is a strategy for improving diversity of thought?
What is a strategy for improving diversity of thought?
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What is the impact of unconscious bias on employee development?
What is the impact of unconscious bias on employee development?
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What is the result of unchecked unconscious bias in customer relationships?
What is the result of unchecked unconscious bias in customer relationships?
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What is a challenge to achieving diversity of thought?
What is a challenge to achieving diversity of thought?
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What is the characteristic of anchoring bias?
What is the characteristic of anchoring bias?
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Study Notes
Unconscious Bias
Stereotypes
- Automatic associations between groups and characteristics
- Can be based on race, gender, age, religion, etc.
- Can be positive or negative, but often inaccurate and unfair
- Influence our perceptions, attitudes, and behavior
Microaggressions
- Verbal or nonverbal comments or actions that are derogatory or demeaning
- Often unintentional, but can be hurtful and alienating
- Examples: commenting on someone's accent, asking intrusive questions, or making assumptions based on stereotypes
Privilege Awareness
- Recognising advantages or benefits that are not available to everyone
- Can be due to race, gender, socioeconomic status, education, etc.
- Important for understanding and addressing systemic inequalities
Blindspot Identification
- Recognizing our own biases and prejudices
- Can be difficult due to cognitive biases and lack of self-awareness
- Importance of self-reflection, feedback, and education in identifying blindspots
Implicit Association
- Automatic associations between concepts, often based on cultural norms
- Can influence our attitudes, behaviors, and decision-making
- Measured through Implicit Association Tests (IATs)
Types of Unconscious Bias
- Affinity bias: preferring those similar to ourselves
- Confirmation bias: seeking information that confirms our existing beliefs
- Anchoring bias: relying too heavily on the first piece of information
- Availability heuristic: judging likelihood based on how easily examples come to mind
Impact on Business
- Unconscious bias can influence hiring decisions, performance evaluations, and promotions
- Can lead to a lack of diversity, inclusion, and innovation
- Important for businesses to recognize and address unconscious bias in policies and practices
Diversity of Thought
- Importance of diverse perspectives and experiences in decision-making
- Can lead to more innovative and effective solutions
- Requires creating an inclusive environment that values diverse thoughts and opinions
How Heuristics Works in the Brain
- Mental shortcuts that simplify decision-making
- Can be influenced by emotions, experiences, and cultural norms
- Can lead to biases and errors, but also enable efficient decision-making
- Important to recognize and balance heuristics with more deliberate, rational thinking
Unconscious Bias
- Automatic associations between groups and characteristics are known as stereotypes, often based on race, gender, age, religion, etc., which influence our perceptions, attitudes, and behavior
Microaggressions
- Verbal or nonverbal comments or actions that are derogatory or demeaning, often unintentional, but can be hurtful and alienating, examples include commenting on someone's accent, asking intrusive questions, or making assumptions based on stereotypes
Privilege Awareness
- Recognizing advantages or benefits that are not available to everyone due to race, gender, socioeconomic status, education, etc., which is important for understanding and addressing systemic inequalities
Blindspot Identification
- Recognizing our own biases and prejudices, which can be difficult due to cognitive biases and lack of self-awareness, requiring self-reflection, feedback, and education
Implicit Association
- Automatic associations between concepts, often based on cultural norms, influencing our attitudes, behaviors, and decision-making, measured through Implicit Association Tests (IATs)
Types of Unconscious Bias
- Affinity bias: preferring those similar to ourselves
- Confirmation bias: seeking information that confirms our existing beliefs
- Anchoring bias: relying too heavily on the first piece of information
- Availability heuristic: judging likelihood based on how easily examples come to mind
Impact on Business
- Unconscious bias can influence hiring decisions, performance evaluations, and promotions, leading to a lack of diversity, inclusion, and innovation
Diversity of Thought
- Importance of diverse perspectives and experiences in decision-making, leading to more innovative and effective solutions, requiring an inclusive environment that values diverse thoughts and opinions
Heuristics
- Mental shortcuts that simplify decision-making, influenced by emotions, experiences, and cultural norms, can lead to biases and errors, but also enable efficient decision-making, requiring balance with more deliberate, rational thinking
Types of Unconscious Bias
- Affinity Bias: favoring people similar to us, based on shared characteristics, experiences, or demographics
- Confirmation Bias: seeking out information that confirms existing beliefs and ignoring contradictory information
- Anchoring Bias: relying too heavily on the first piece of information received, even if irrelevant or unreliable
- Availability Heuristic: overestimating the importance of readily available information, rather than seeking diverse perspectives
- Implicit Stereotyping: unconscious association of certain groups with certain traits or characteristics
Impact on Business
- Hiring and Recruitment: unconscious bias can lead to a lack of diversity in the workforce
- Decision-Making: unconscious bias can influence business decisions, leading to missed opportunities or poor investments
- Employee Development: unconscious bias can affect performance evaluations, promotions, and opportunities for growth and development
- Customer Relationships: unconscious bias can impact how businesses interact with customers, potentially leading to discrimination or unequal treatment
Diversity of Thought
- Benefits: encourages creative problem-solving, improves decision-making, and enhances innovation
- Challenges: unconscious bias can hinder diversity of thought by creating a homogeneous workforce
- Strategies for Improvement: seeking diverse perspectives, using blind hiring practices, and implementing diversity and inclusion initiatives
How Heuristics Works in the Brain
- Mental Shortcuts: heuristics simplify complex decision-making processes
- Pattern Recognition: heuristics rely on pattern recognition, which can lead to unconscious bias when patterns are based on incomplete or inaccurate information
- System 1 and System 2 Thinking: heuristics operate in automatic and unconscious System 1 thinking, whereas System 2 thinking is deliberate and conscious
- Priming and Framing Effects: heuristics can be influenced by external factors, such as the way information is presented, leading to unconscious bias
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Learn about unconscious bias, stereotypes, and microaggressions. Understand how they influence our perceptions and behavior, and how to recognize and overcome them.
