Preventing Unconscious And Conscious Bias

Implicit biases are “‘habits of mind,’ learned over time through repeated personal experiences and cultural socialization, which can be activated unintentionally, often outside of one’s own awareness, and are difficult to control” (Burgess, Beach & Saha, 2017, p. 372). Implicit bias is seen in the medical field partly because of the time pressure of medical visits, and the reliance on stereotypes in situations of high stress. It is difficult to study implicit bias because of social desirability. No doctor wants to admit that they are biased and, as a result, they are going to do their best to demonstrate the socially desirable response of being non-biased. However, research shows that bias and prejudice from health care providers toward patients exists, and leads to poorer care related to the assessment of cardiovascular risk and whether or not a patient is referred for additional treatment (Stepanikova, I., 2012). Even health care providers from one of the best health care organizations in the world, Mayo Clinic, struggle with

Ericsson begins her piece with an immersive anecdote that explains the frequency with which everyday people lie. She lists a series of small lies she has told throughout the day — minute falsities such as “I told them my deposit was in the mail, even though I hadn’t written a check yet” and “A

Lying may have the consequences of not receiving the type of services or support that could have been made available to them.

Speaking truthfully is a very important part of living ethically. The Bible has very strong feelings against lying as seen in this book of Psalms. If someone knowingly tells someone that they intend to do something, but know that there is no

their lack of consideration for what is true shows that they have no intention to tell the truth, or

Substantial burden to individuals and communities are outcomes of the most occurring disorder within the United States, anxiety disorder. Even though effective treatments for anxiety disorders have been developed, there has been extensively less focus on intervention techniques directed at the betterment regarding anxiety-related risks and care factors (Keough & Schmidt, 2012). Advances in prevention programs for anxiety and its disorders are presently in its early stage of development. On July 11, 2014, a study was conducted to test an adaptation of a Cognitive Bias Modification program to minimize anxiousness predisposition. It evaluated the causal relationships between rendering preconception of physiological cues, anxiety sensitivity,

Falsehood and lying has been around for as long as humanity as lived it is part of human nature. Most who fall into such a treachery are mostly unaware of such falsehood through misinformation and thus fall into the clutches of such a situation in which a person has been lied to without prior knowledge. Now a days, it is quite easy to gain access of a plethora of information through the use of handheld devices and smartphones, especially news services. However not many know that such information can either be fabricated or manipulated in order to garner a certain response in order to suit the needs of the manipulator. Although superficially the Siren song by Margaret Atwood and The Fake news article of a Man whose mother had died due to

A cognitive bias in which people will have the tendency to believe that a statement, idea, or information is accurate if it is either positive, meaningful, or if it’s personally addressed to them. Many people believe in biorhythms, horoscopes iridology, cold reading, and tarot cards because they appear to have the solution to their problems which is meaningful. In addition, many mediums and palm readers depend on subjective validation because it is easy to convince others that they are linked to unrelated events. (Pages 120, 122-123).

As a future social worker I need to be aware of the biases I have and what I must do so it does not impact my clients. According to the article, How Unconscious Bias Affects Everything You Do it implies that trying to eliminate your hidden bias will not be possible due them being so natural (Ross, 2014). However, we can change our mindset to avoid being bias. One way these biases can impact with my future clients is by not educating myself and learning the skills and acquiring the knowledge needed to work with different clients that have different cultures. That is why it is crucial to be cultural competent because by doing so you will have an idea of what is acceptable and what could potentially be perceived as you being bias towards others.

I really enjoyed this video. In the first part of the video she was giving examples of unconscious bias. The example that hit me was when she talked about the dad and son in the car accident. I was one of the people that automatically assumed the surgeon was a man. Unconscious bias can be a powerful thing if not recognized and put in place. She stressed the importance of recognizing the unconscious bias and taking control of it. As a rising social worker I believe this will be important when working with clients. Unconscious bias may come up but it is important as social workers to catch it and put it to a more positive use.

Ellen Smith¹ was really proud of her career achievements, after all, she was responsible for starting up in this well-known multinational company in an emerging country in South America. Working long hours, studying management, training new employees, implementing new systems and indirectly being a general manager were just some of the tasks attributed to Smith. She was pretty sure that, when the time was right and the company was structured enough in the

Being tilted towards on side of thinking. We are all a little biased on one or more subjects. I don’t believe that bias has to do with race. Bias is to lean heavy on one side or another side of an argument.

Taking advantage of someone and lying to them is morally wrong. In the article it even states “we don’t do anything to break the law” which basically says we know we are taking advantage of the law and fortunately you won’t even know about it. I can understand trying to make a sale and gaining profit while also pleasing the client, but to lie and deceive someone is just not acceptable. Even if using the technique will result in her making more money she will be doing so by lying to all of her

I like the topic for your dissertation’ It is justifiable that it targets the fashion in which people live, the decisions they ought to make in life, tasks that they intend to engage to and perform, etc…. In the real world, there are many factors that drive individuals to certain unwilling direction, and position them in no choices domain. That sort of acceptance because of no alternation may contribute to settling for less decision; nevertheless, when individuals have no other alternative, they opt to wait for time, they may make a decision to settle for less with intend to move on when a new alternation present. Sometimes individuals may opt to settle for less because they want to salvage a relationship, may be they want to keep something that is very unique or special. But there is a reality within the pressure to settle for less. Individuals would do anything to keep what is so specials, they do not want to loose and regret it in the future; it is a matter of common sense and cognizance of life’s modality.

There are many things that are wrong with the society that we live in. These things range from discrimination to sexism. These issues affect not only me, but most of the population. People are mistreated every day for unreasonable beliefs. In order to make sure that our next generation grows up in an equally treated society, we need to step up and correct the place we live in.