Everyday bias
Subtitle: identifying and navigating unconscious judgments in our daily lives
By: Howard J. Ross
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781442230835
Subjects: Prejudices
Description: If you are human, you are biased. Bias is natural to the human mind, a survival mechanism that is fundamental to our identity. And overwhelmingly it is unconscious. Ross explores the biases we each carry within us. He explains that most people do not see themselves as biased towards people of different races or different genders, and yet in virtually every area of modern life disparities remain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Blinded by the light of our bias; title: If you are human, you are biased; title: Thinking about thinking; title: The many faces of bias; title: Life, death, and unconscious bias on a rainy night; title: Who has the power?; title: Like water for the fish : networks of bias in everyday life; title: Shifting to neutral : how we can learn to disengage from bias; title: Incubators of consciousness : creating more conscious organizations; title: Conclusion: A brave new world, a grand new journey.