Bias

Unconcious bias: Mental shortcuts

Types of unconcious bias

• Similarity bias
• Attribution bias
• Expedience bias (What comes to mind fastest)
• Experience bias (Assuming everyone thinks the same as we do)

Exercise Curiosity and Addressing Misunderstanding

listen, embrace opportunites to learn from others, ask follow-up questions, acknoledge each person’s insights to help ensure they feel understood and that their contribution is valued

Address misundersstandings

• How would I justify my actions to otehrs?
• Can you help me understand what I did to upset you?

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Practice awareness

• Examine your assumptions
• If you have a strong reaction to someone, or if they have a stong reaction to you, Slow down, suspend fast judgement, and take the time and space to process.
• Include and seek input from people witha a variety of backgrounds and different perspectives.

Uncious bias test

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

Journal

• 2021-03-26 Created File