Implicit Bias And Its Impact In The Mental Health Service .
Implicit Bias and its Impact in theMental Health Service SpaceEXPLORING CONCEPTS AND EXPERIENCES(PART I)
PresentersRachele Espiritu, PhDKnowledge Transfer SpecialistSuganya Sockalingam, PhDKnowledge Transfer Specialist
IntroductionsNAME, ORGANIZATIONDOES YOUR ORGANIZATION DO ANY WORK ORTRAINING TO ADDRESS IMPLICIT BIAS?
Establish Ground Rules
What is implicit bias? In 1995, Anthony Greewald and M.R. Benaji hypothesizedthat our social behavior was not entirely under our control. According to their study, the concept of unconscious bias(hidden bias or implicit bias) suggests that:“much of our social behavior is driven by learned stereotypesthat operate automatically – and therefore unconsciously– whenwe interact with other people.”Source: Implicit Social Cognition: Attitudes, Self-Esteem and Stereotypes, 1995
What is implicit bias?im plic it bi as /im plisit bies/: The attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding,actions and decisions in an unconscious manner. Activated involuntarily, without awareness or intentional control. Can be either positive or negative. Everyone is susceptible.Source: Kirwan Institute State of the Science: Implicit Bias Review, 2016.
Dual Systems TheoryImplicit bias is a product ofSystem 1 thinking. We act onour implicit biases withoutawareness; thus they canundermine our true intentions.To compare System 1 and 2 thinking, think of how we processsimple addition like 2 2 vs. a complex algebraic equation thatrequires conscious thinking and effort to solve.Source: Kirwan Institute State of the Science: Implicit Bias Review, 2016.
Implicit Bias Characteristics Implicit biases are robust and pervasive. Implicit and explicit biases are related but distinct mentalconstructs. Implicit associations do not necessarily align with ourdeclared beliefs. We generally hold implicit biases that favor our own in group. Implicit biases have real world affects on our behaviors. Implicit biases are malleable, therefore can be unlearned.Source: Kirwan Institute State of the Science: Implicit Bias Review, 2014.
Discriminatory Hiring PracticesMinorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes GetMore Interviews Companies are more than twice as likelyto call minority applicants for interviewsif they submit whitened resumes (notrevealing race). Asians removed their race because employers might beconcerned about a possible language barrier. African Americanstoned down mentions of race, such as dropping the word “black”from a membership in a professional society for black engineers.Source: Harvard Business School, 2017.
Discriminatory Hiring Practices Bias is hardwired into the hiring system and prejudice isclouding the screening of qualified applicants. “Organizations can now see very clearly that this is why theyare not meeting their diversity goals. They can’t just put amessage on recruitment ads and be done. They need to followthrough with a clear structure and staff training. They need tomake goals and then continually evaluate the outcome inorder to meet those goals.Source: Harvard Business School, 2017.
Bias in Mental Health Black people living below the poverty line experience adisproportionate amount of serious psychologicaldistress compared to their white counterparts. In 2012, despite the fact that black people were 20% morelikely to report symptoms associated with psychologicaldistress, white people were twice as likely to treat similarsymptoms with prescription anti-depressants. Even when black people did seek professional help,psychotherapists were less likely to actually offer assistance.Source: Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2016.
Exercise – Can you spot your own biases?What weremessages orstereotypes youwould hear aboutother groups fromyour family orcommunity?How did thatHow did that informinfluence youryour actions andbeliefs and values?behaviors?
Share with a partner Where do we get messages thatinfluence our beliefs about other people/groups (outside of our family)? How does implicit bias on an individualor community level influencediscrimination (and structural racism) atan organizational or systems level?
Implicit Association Testimplicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
IAT: Understanding the Tool A computerized, timed dual categorization task thatmeasures implicit preferences by bypassing consciousprocessing A collaborative investigation effort between researchersat Harvard University, University of Virginia, andUniversity of Washington Examines thoughts and feelings that exist either outsideof conscious awareness or conscious control
Small Groups How does implicit bias show up inyour daily life? How does it show up at work?
What You Can Do To Fight Bias at WorkUse – or establish – policies.Interrupt early.Go up the ladder.Band together.Don’t laugh.Interrupt the laughter.
What to Expect in the NextWorkshop
We generally hold implicit biases that favor our own in group. Implicit biases have real world affects on our behaviors. Implicit biases are malleable, therefore can be unlearned. Source: Kirwan Institute State of
RECENT and CLASSIC IMPLICIT BIAS LITERATURE REPORTS ON IMPLICIT BIAS 1. The Science of Equality, Volume 1: Addressing Implicit Bias, Racial Anxiety, and Stereotype Threat in Education and Health Care [Godsil, Tropp, Goff & Powell, 2014] . State of The Science ‐‐ Implicit Bias Review 2014 .File Size: 338KB
employees about implicit bias (Meyer, 2018), and philosophers worry that implicit bias poses epistemic threats to philosophy (e.g., Saul, 2013a, 2013b; Peters, forthcoming). Nonetheless, some are skeptical about the existence of implicit bias or the efficacy of corporate
Displaying Implicit Bias Implicit bias affects more than our cognitive decision-making. Research has shown that body language is far more affected by implicit bias than verbal statements - but that most people cue in and respond more to nonverbal than to verbal cues. Particularly from people in power. (Dovidio, 2002)
found to measure the transformation of our minds. In the case of Implicit Bias research, Harvard University has sponsored "Project Implicit" which has developed a video-game-like test anyone can take online to measure their implicit bias. OPTIONS: [1] As teacher or preacher, you take the test before and after using this workbook; [2] Have
State of the science: Implicit bias in review. The Kirwan Institute. Stollaman, J. (2016). Whoops I didn’t mean to say that: Implicit bias and micro-aggressions. The Winter Institute, Oxford, MS. The Joint Commission. (2016). Implicit bias in health care, 23. The Joint Commi
describe earlier published methods of creating interpolating implicit surfaces. 2.1 Implicit Surfaces An implicit surface is defined by an implicit function, a continuous scalar-valued function over the domainR3. The implicit surface of such a function is the locus of points at which the function takes on the value zero.
Implicit associations do not necessarily align with our declared beliefs. We generally hold implicit biases that favor our own in group. Implicit biases have real world affects on our behaviors. Implicit biases are malleable, therefore can be unlearned. Kirwan Institute
Implicit attitudes and beliefs adapt to situations: A decade of research on the malleability of implicit prejudice, stereotypes, and the self-concept. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 47: 233-279. Kirwan Institute. State of the Science: Implicit Bias Review 2015. Kirwan Institute. State of
