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Cabot Professor of Social Ethics Mahzarin R. Banaji, an expert in the field of bias study who has developed tests to measure bias in the past, said it’s no surprise that physicians are susceptible to bias in their work...
...most profound experience I’ve had while doing this research is that I have discovered that the biases that we’ve discovered in other people lie in my own mind, too,” Banaji said. “It really brings about an enormous humility...it’s something that brings understanding and realization—that people who don’t intend to do harm might still be doing...
...Banaji also said that while “race is one of the biggest biases,” her previous work has shown prominent social biases based on class, age, appearance, and “the foreignness of a person...
...study kids, because it helps you to focus on how and when things like this come on line.” Olson’s study, co-authored by Berkman professor of psychology Elizabeth S. Spelke ’71, Cabot professor of social ethics in psychology Mahzarin Banaji, and Stanford professor of psychology Carol S. Dweck, was conducted in two parts. The first part presented the study subjects with descriptions of individuals and asked them to rate their affinity for them on a 1-6 scale. The average rating for “beneficiaries of uncontrollable good events?...
...being manipulated by hidden prejudices? Research by Mahzarin Banaji suggests you probably are. On Friday afternoon, Banaji, the Cabot professor of social ethics in psychology, presented research about the prevalence of “mind bugs,” or implicit biases that prejudice people without their knowledge, to an audience representing a wide range of disciplines. In one example of a study demonstrating prevalent perceptual biases, Banaji, who is also the Pforzheimer professor at the Radcliffe Institute, had the audience count the number of passes in a clip showing basketball players. The audience was so focused on the players...