Implicit Bias
Updated 2026-09-10
INTRODUCTION
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CORE DEFINITION
Research on implicit bias shows that people can act on the basis of biases and stereotypes without intending to. Psychologists in the field of implicit social cognition study attitudes toward consumer goods, self-esteem, food, and political values, but the most striking and best-known work concerns implicit bias against socially stigmatized groups. The findings raise questions about moral responsibility and self-knowledge.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Explain the gap: show why someone with sincerely egalitarian beliefs may still behave in biased ways. - Design corrections: use slower decisions, structured procedures, and auditable criteria to bypass automatic associations. - Separate intention from impact: judge conduct by its patterned effects, not only by stated intent.
Anchor fast decisions
Social cognition contains two separable processes: explicit attitudes are subject to reflection and control, while implicit associations operate in fast, automatic processing. Because the two can come apart, a person may sincerely hold egalitarian beliefs while her behavior is still pulled along by automatic associations.
MINIMUM ACTION
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- plato.stanford.eduhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/implicit-bias/verified
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