Everyday bias : identifying and navigating unconscious judgments in our daily lives / Howard J. Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Howard J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prejudices.

Physical Description:

xxii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Blinded by the light of our bias

If you are human, you are biased

Thinking about thinking

The many faces of bias

Life, death and unconscious bias on a rainy night

Like water for the fish : networks of bias in everyday life

Shifting to neutral : how we can learn to disengage from bias

Conclusion: a brave new world, a grand new journey

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Endnotes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442230835

1442230835

OCLC:

872620345