The article “Buried Prejudice” by Siri Carpenter focuses on the topic of biases that we don't even realize we have. The article claims that these biases be it black vs white or women vs men are hidden in our brains to a point that we don’t even realize we act on them. Siri claims that we act on these bias like when it come to hiring people for a job or choosing a friend when we are little. These bias can be heavily influenced by our parents own biases, but they can also be influenced by the media. The article claims that these biases start to take shape when we are very little. The article discusses the many studies that many different psychologist have done to prove that implicit biases exist. Psychologist not only want to prove that these
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For example cookies are sweet or dogs bark. We know these things without even having to think about them. If we did not group things together are lives would be a lot harder. We also group humans into social groups that every human has beliefs about. For example black equals thug or female equals weak. Not every humans hold these beliefs but that article claims that most of us hold these beliefs without even realizing it even judges. These bias are not like know biases that a person will hide for the sake of political correctness these biases are hidden deep in our brains and are not something accessible to us on a everyday basis. One of the most interesting things about implicit bias is the fact that these biases that are hidden in our brain may not even be what we outwardly believe. (Understanding Implicit Biases)
Psychologist have done many test to find out if implicit bias really does exist. They have done a picture test where they flash a picture of a person of different races on the screen and see how our brains react. Psychologist also did a test with preschoolers, they noticed that preschoolers were more likely to give black dolls bad trait and white doll good trait. This would be even more evident with kids whose parents showed a known
For example cookies are sweet or dogs bark. We know these things without even having to think about them. If we did not group things together are lives would be a lot harder. We also group humans into social groups that every human has beliefs about. For example black equals thug or female equals weak. Not every humans hold these beliefs but that article claims that most of us hold these beliefs without even realizing it even judges. These bias are not like know biases that a person will hide for the sake of political correctness these biases are hidden deep in our brains and are not something accessible to us on a everyday basis. One of the most interesting things about implicit bias is the fact that these biases that are hidden in our brain may not even be what we outwardly believe. (Understanding Implicit Biases)
Psychologist have done many test to find out if implicit bias really does exist. They have done a picture test where they flash a picture of a person of different races on the screen and see how our brains react. Psychologist also did a test with preschoolers, they noticed that preschoolers were more likely to give black dolls bad trait and white doll good trait. This would be even more evident with kids whose parents showed a known