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Investigating Implicit Bias

WE ARE... biased!? Penn State's Implicit Bias Resource Hub

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Issues
      • A More Progressive Approach: Recognizing the Role of Implicit Bias in Institutional Racism (2015)
      • Health Care Providers’ Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Lesbian Women and Gay Men (2015)
      • LGBT Discrimination In Health Care: Heterosexual Providers Found To Hold Bias On Sexual Orientation (2015)
      • Can We Really Measure Implicit Bias? Maybe Not (2017)
      • How Small Inequities Lead To Big Inequalities (2017)
      • The ‘Thumbprint of The Culture’: Implicit Bias And Police Shootings (2017)
      • Time for New York City to stand against anti-veteran bias (2017)
      • Unconscious Bias Towards People with Disabilities in the Workplace (2017)
    • Solutions
      • Long-term reduction in implicit race bias: A prejudice habit-breaking intervention (2012)
      • How Mindfulness Can Help Dislodge Unconscious Racial Biases (2014)
      • Do Contact and Empathy Mitigate Bias Against Gay and Lesbian People Amon Heterosexual First-Year Medical Students? (2015)
      • Reducing Implicit Racial Preferences: II Intervention Effectiveness Across Time (2016)
      • Want to Hire Veterans? Look Past Your Biases, Misconceptions (2016)
      • A Gender Bias Habit-Breaking Intervention Led to Increased Hiring of Female Faculty in STEMM Departments (2017)
      • Fair Play: A Study of Scientific Workforce Trainers’ Experience Playing an Educational Video Game about Racial Bias (2017)
      • Unconscious Bias Towards People with Disabilities in the Workplace (2017)
    • Higher Education
      • The Dangerous Mind: Unconscious Bias In Higher Education (2015)
      • The Real Effects of Unconscious Bias in the Workplace (2016)
      • State of the Science: Implicit Bias Review (2016)
    • WPSU
      • How Small Inequities Lead To Big Inequalities (2017)
      • The ‘Thumbprint of The Culture’: Implicit Bias And Police Shootings (2017)
  • Books
    • Issues
      • Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do (2011)
      • Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives (2014)
      • Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People (2016)
      • The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace (2016)
    • Solutions
      • Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do (2011)
      • Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives (2014)
      • 3 Keys to Defeating Unconscious Bias: Watch, Think, Act (2015)
      • The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In the Workplace (2016)
      • Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace & The Will To Change (2017)
    • Stereotypes
      • Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do (2011)
  • Videos
    • Issues
      • American Denial: Implicit Bias Test (2015)
      • What No One Sees: Implicit Bias (2015)
      • Fixing Racism – Racism is at the Root of many of Humanity’s Evils (2016)
    • Solutions
      • Fixing Racism – Racism is at the Root of many of Humanity’s Evils (2016)
      • Implicit Bias (2016)
    • Lecture
      • Implicit Bias (2016)
    • TED Talk
      • Are you biased? I am. (2016)
      • Fixing Racism – Racism is at the Root of many of Humanity’s Evils
      • It’s About Time We Challenge Our Unconcious Bias
    • WPSU
      • American Denial: Implicit Bias Test (2015)
  • Resources
    • Kirwin Institute
    • Implicit Associations Test (IAT)
    • Training Resources
    • Witches of Glum
  • FAQ

Resources

Implicit Associations Test (IAT) from Project Implicit – This famous test from Harvard University will have you go through an experiment where you will test your own implicit associations. This test has been completed by millions of people and is the basis for a lot of the research on implicit bias happening today.

Witches of Glum – An interactive story and test that will have you examine your own implicit associations in a unique way.

Kirwin Institute – Out of Ohio State University, the Kirwin Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity is a research-focused institute that brings individuals and communities together to educate, strengthen allied social justice organizations, and invest in efforts for equity and inclusion. They are a strong resource that can help you learn even more implicit bias or other related issues.

New York Times, 25 Mini-Films for Exploring Race, Bias, and Identity With Students

PowerPoint from Dr. Sonia DeLuca Fernández

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a useful source for short informative videos about implicit bias. Click here for a list of videos about implicit bias.

Implicit bias related posters:

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Training Seminars:

  • Stereotype, Prejudice, and Discrimination training from Penn State’s Student Affairs
  • Re:Work with Google; Unbiasing training
  • Managing Unconcious Bias with Facebook
    • Slides used in Facebook training.
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Website bibliography.

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