#hidden bias

[imkeepinit]

[accadence]

Mixed Signals: Why People Misunderstand Each Other

The psychological quirks that make it tricky to get an accurate read on someone's emotions

[graduatecareernotes]

Lately, I’ve been having quite a few conversations with people who are trying to reinvent themselves for the new economy. The most common pattern is MBA-types trying to reinvent themselves as…

[accadence]

By encouraging and enabling frontline managers to rethink their approaches to women's career development, companies will be far more successful in attracting and retaining the next generation of top talent, both female and male.

[littleskylights]

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/ 

This is the Hidden Bias test. There are a bunch of them (skin tone, sexuality, gender, weight etc.). It's exactly what it sounds like, uses association exercises to determine your bias. 

I did the sexuality one, apparently I have a moderate automatic preference to Gay people over Straight people... interesting.

[theoldbone]

Hidden Bias Tests measure unconscious, or automatic, biases. Your willingness to examine your own possible biases is an important step in understanding the roots of stereotypes and prejudice in our society.

The ability to distinguish friend from foe helped early humans survive, and the ability to quickly and automatically categorize people is a fundamental quality of the human mind. Categories give order to life, and every day, we group other people into categories based on social and other characteristics.

This is the foundation of stereotypes, prejudice and, ultimately, discrimination.

Scientific research has demonstrated that biases thought to be absent or extinguished remain as "mental residue" in most of us. Studies show people can be consciously committed to egalitarianism, and deliberately work to behave without prejudice, yet still possess hidden negative prejudices or stereotypes.

"Implicit Association Tests" (IATs) can tap those hidden, or automatic, stereotypes and prejudices that circumvent conscious control. Project Implicit — a collaborative research effort between researchers at Harvard University, the University of Virginia, and University of Washington — offers dozens of such tests.

http://www.tolerance.org/Hidden-bias

[fortysevenpercenter-blog]

More reason as to why first impressions matter. 

“What’s going on below the level of conscious awareness is that we make a split-second decision,” she says. “This is an entrepreneur. This isn’t an entrepreneur. This person fits our culture. This person doesn’t fit our culture.” Once that impression is made during an interview or pitch meeting, she says, “we then spend the rest of the time looking for confirming evidence.”