Implicit Bias questions and answers 2024/2025

Implicit BiasPsychological theory of discrimination - correct answer Explicit and implicit bias Explicit bias - correct answer ppl are guided solely by explicit beliefs and conscious intentions Implicit bias - correct answer ppl have unconscious preferences against minority groups Problems with measuring bias - correct answer Hard to ask ppl if theyre racist, or hard for ppl to know that they are racist Audit studies - correct answer Uses experimental design to make minorities appear the same as white and then see if someone discriminates against one of the groups Goldin & Rouse - correct answer Audit study done with orchestra auditions, showed women are greatly underrepresented in US orchestras. Bertrand & Mullainathan - correct answer Sent identical resumes to help wanted ads with black and white names, resumes with white names were called back more often. Implicit Association Test - correct answer Focuses more on detecting implicit bias that even audit studies could not detect by quickly asking ppl to connect races with positive and negative words.