Implicit Bias: The Power of Automatic, Unintended Mindsets

This WEPAN Professional Development webinar was recorded on February 23, 2012 and presents Fred Smyth, Ph.D. on "Implicit Bias: The Power of Automatic, Unintended Mindsets". Dr. Smyth outlines how implicit mindsets operate on important life judgments and decisions, and are linked to critical STEM outcomes such as choice of major and performance on high stakes tests. The presentation includes information on: measuring implicit bias in STEM; the Harvard Implicit Association Test (IAT); taking the "Gender-Science" IAT; and strategies for changing implicit biases and avoiding their effects.