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Unconscious Bias: by Anushka Patel - 11humanities

The document discusses unconscious bias, defining it as prejudice or unsupported judgements in favor of or against things, people, or groups in an unfair way. Unconscious bias can introduce unintentional discrimination and poor decision-making. The author conducted a survey of teenagers to see if unconscious bias is still present in today's generation. The survey addressed whether biases exist at different stages of life and what influences biases, such as family, schools, gender, social groups, personal experiences, friends, and social media. The results of the survey supported the notion that unconscious biases persist.

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Unconscious Bias: by Anushka Patel - 11humanities

The document discusses unconscious bias, defining it as prejudice or unsupported judgements in favor of or against things, people, or groups in an unfair way. Unconscious bias can introduce unintentional discrimination and poor decision-making. The author conducted a survey of teenagers to see if unconscious bias is still present in today's generation. The survey addressed whether biases exist at different stages of life and what influences biases, such as family, schools, gender, social groups, personal experiences, friends, and social media. The results of the survey supported the notion that unconscious biases persist.

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UNCONSCIOUS BIAS

B Y A N U S H K A PAT E L - 1 1 H U M A N I T I E S
A I M : T O S T U D Y A B O U T T H E VA R I O U S T Y P E S O F B I A S E S
W H AT I S B I A S ?
• Bias is a disproportionate weight in favour
of or against an idea or thing, usually in a
way that is closed-minded,prejudicial or
unfair.

• Bias can be innate or learned

• Different types of
bias:COGNITIVE,CONFIRMATION
ATTRIBUTION ,CULTURAL and many
more

• In science and engineering,a bias is a


systematic error

W H AT I S U N C O N S C I O U S B I A S ?
UNCONSCIOUS BIAS IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS PREJUDICE OR UNSUPPORTED JUDGEMENTS IN
F A V O U R O F O R A G A I N S T O N E T H I N G , P E R S O N O R G R O U P , I N A W AY T H AT I S U S U A L LY
U N FA I R .

I T C A N I N T R O D U C E U N I N T E N T I O N A L D I S C R I M I N AT I O N A N D R E S U LT I N P O O R D E C I S I O N
MAKING.

R E V I E W O F L I T E R AT U R E

• According to Dr.Pragya Agrawal ,in an


article in FORBES ,she says that unconscious
bias can be a huge setback in creating a
truly diverse and inclusive workplace

• Deana A. Pollard says studies indicate that


prejudiced responses are largely
unconscious,the result of normal cognitive
processing and stereotypical associations of
which prejudiced subject may be unaware

• Survey done by Human Resource


Unconscious bias
Management International
Digest,unconscious bias narrow down the
pool of people in an organisation and
ultimately destabilise an organisation’s base

I C O N D U C T E D A S U R V E Y T O S E E W H AT T E E N A G E R S ( 1 4 - 1 8 ) F E E L A B O U T A B O U T I T A N D
W H E T H E R U N C O N S C I O U S I S S T I L L P R E S E N T I N T O D AY ’ S G E N E R AT I O N A N D G O T T H E R E S U LT I
W A S L O O K I N G F O R . T H E F O L L O W I N G S L I D E S I N C L U D E T H E S TAT E M E N T S F R O M M Y S U R V E Y
A N D T H E D ATA I C O L L E C T E D I N T H E F O R M O F G R A P H S
The statements from my survey:

• Every individual has some or the other bias.

• Certain biases are passed on from our family.

• Schools are often biased towards some students

• Gender bias is most prevalent in our society

• We bias towards put groups and stereotype them.

• Biases exist at all stages of our life.

• Personal grudges and dislikes cause bias.

• Friends influence our opinion about others.

• Social media plays an important role in influencing our biases

• Certain biases can improve our opinion

• Our society can be a better place without any prejudices and bias

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