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PSYC3540 Implicit Bias Worksheet Consider how automatic components of implicit bias are present in the real world in your personal interactions with others (attitudes and behaviors), such as in conversations with friends or coworkers, or in the media, such as in the news. Choose two specific personal incidents and one you observed in the media, and, based on information from the Blaine and Brenchley textbook, think about possible causes of the implicit bias you observed and complete the following five tasks (omit identifiers, such as names of people or businesses): Instruction Your Answer Provide an example of a time when you observed possible implicit bias in a work or social setting, or in the media on a news segment or on an internet source. What cues led you to believe that implicit bias may have played role in this situation? *Explain two or more possible causes of the implicit bias based on information from our Blaine and Brenchley textbook. An example of a time that I observed possible implicit bias while working was in my current job where I help people with disabilities find and keep employment. I had a client that was going through an assessment phase at a retirement center and she was working in the dining room helping serve water, coffee, juices and salads. I had overheard an elderly lady talking about how my client must be disabled because of the fact that I was there observing her and because she wasn’t moving as fast as the other servers. After reading Understanding the psychology of diversity (Blaine & Brenchley, 2020), I believe that this might have possibility been from her controlled component of prejudice, where her own beliefs from growing up in an era where people with disabilities were treated a lot differently and were viewed as not being able to do just as well as someone without disabilities. Another factor for this may stem from the social learning factors that we acquire through socialization of stereotypes. Where she could have learned these negative beliefs and emotions from the way she was raised to the people she has interacted with 1

Instruction Your Answer throughout her life. Provide an example of a time where you believe you, a family member, or a friend were stereotyped based on group status and/or social identity. How did you feel when the situation occurred? What if anything did you do? *Explain two or more possible causes of the implicit bias based on information from our Blaine and Brenchley textbook. An example of a time where I felt that I was being stereotyped based off being a woman was when I was telling a man I had just met that I wanted to become a special agent in the FBI with my degree and he proceeded to tell me how that was probably not a good career for me as a woman since it is a hard demanding job that takes a lot of physical skill and would take long hours away from my social life. When I first heard it, I was confused if I had even heard correctly so when I asked and they repeated it, I felt angry that this person who didn’t know me just assumed something about me based off of my gender. I did not argue with him because, I did not see the point of a confrontation with someone I would probably never speak to again. After reading the textbook and analyzing this specific situation, I realized that this was probably this person’s automatic component of prejudices that through socialization he has a belief that women are gentle and need careers that are not demanding of time and physical strength (Blaine & Brenchley, 2020). Another reasoning could be because of his controlled component of prejudices where from his experience with other women in his life, he believes that women should have more nurturing jobs. Describe a situation where your perceptions and/or reactions were shaped by implicit bias. Were you aware of the bias at the time or is it something you have considered in retrospect? Explain your thoughts. Were your implicit biases A time that I believe my perception was shaped by implicit bias was when one of my clients at work was telling me how she had met her boyfriend on a dating app and my first thought was worry that she couldn’t decide for herself what type of man this guy could be. As soon as I had thought it, I was aware of the bias 2

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