Biased : uncovering the hidden prejudices that shape our lives

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Biased : uncovering the hidden prejudices that shape our lives

Title remainder

uncovering the hidden prejudices that shape our lives

Statement of responsibility

Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD

Creator

• Eberhardt, Jennifer L., (Jennifer Lynn)

Subject

• Race discrimination
• Race relations
• Society

Language

eng

Summary

We might think that we treat all people equally, but we don't. Every day, unconscious biases affect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behaviour in ways that are subtle and very difficult to recognise without in-depth scientific studies. Unconscious biases can be small and insignificant, but they affect every sector of society, leading to enormous disparities, from the classroom to the courtroom to the boardroom. But unconscious bias is not a sin to be cured, but a universal human condition, and one that can be overcome. Pioneering social psychologist Professor Jennifer Eberhardt explains how

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

• 305.8
• 305.8

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography