Revealing Your Unconscious: Part 2

In the second part of our series on implicit bias, we explore the relationship between beliefs and behaviors. We also talk with psychologist Mahzarin Banaji about whether research on implicit bias tells us more about groups than it does about individuals.

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Outsmarting Implicit Bias

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Additional Resources

Books:

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald, 2013.

The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives, by Shankar Vedantam, 2010.

Research:

Patterns of Implicit and Explicit Attitudes: IV. Change and Stability from 2007 to 2020, by Tessa E. S. Charlesworth and Mahzarin R. Banaji, Psychological Science, 2022.

Patterns of Implicit and Explicit Stereotypes III: Long-Term Change in Gender Stereotypes, by Tessa E. S. Charlesworth and Mahzarin R. Banaji, Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2021.

Patterns of Implicit and Explicit Attitudes II. Long-Term Change and Stability, Regardless of Group Membership, by Tessa E. S. Charlesworth and Mahzarin R. Banaji, American Psychologist, 2021.

Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: An Intergenerational Perspective, by Raj Chetty et al., The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020.

Historical Roots of Implicit Bias in Slavery, by B. Keith Payne, Heidi A. Vuletich, and Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019.

Patterns of Implicit and Explicit Attitudes: I. Long-Term Change and Stability from 2007 to 2016, by Tessa E. S. Charlesworth and Mahzarin R. Banaji, Psychological Science, 2019.

Attributions of Implicit Prejudice, or “Would Jesse Jackson ‘Fail’ the Implicit Association Test?”, by Hal R. Arkes and Philip E. Tetlock, Psychological Inquiry, 2009.

Understanding and Using the Implicit Association Test: III. Meta-Analysis of Predictive Validity, by Anthony G. Greenwald, T. Andrew Poehlman, Eric Luis Uhlmann, and Mahzarin R Banaji, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2009.

National Differences in Gender–Science Stereotypes Predict National Sex Differences in Science and Math Achievement, by Brian A. Nosek et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009.

Best Practices or Best Guesses? Assessing the Efficacy of Corporate Affirmative Action and Diversity Policies, by Alexandra Kalev, Frank Dobbin, and Erin Kelly, American Sociological Review, 2006.

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