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Long-term reduction in implicit race bias: A prejudice habit-breaking intervention (2012)

October 23, 2017 by Ryan Westhoff Leave a Comment

This 12-week study examines how to create a habit-breaking intervention in order to reduce people’s long-term implicit racial bias. The intervention led to dramatic reductions in implicit race bias and led to participants having a greater concern about discrimination and awareness over their own biases.

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Citation (Chicago):

Devine, Patricia G, Patrick S. Forscher, Anthony J. Austin, William T. L. Cox. “Long-term reduction in implicit race bias: A prejudice habit-breaking intervention.” J Exp Soc Psychol. November 2012.

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  • Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People (2016)

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