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Social Psychology Implicit Association

Description: 

Through a process of experiential learning, directed teaching, models (contemporary news), and discussion, students understand what implicit bias is, how it forms, what it impacts, and what can be done to mitigate the impact of it.

Learning Targets: 
Students will be able to define implicit bias.
Students will understand how paired associations become schemas and, furthermore, how this can happen in an implicit manner.
Students will be able to consume contemporary media/news/events and understand when the forces of implicit bias are likely at work
Students will be able to actively take their place in conversations related to mitigating implicit bias.
AttachmentSize
Microsoft Office document icon Directions for IAT test.doc55 KB
Microsoft Office document icon Psychology First Day Scenarios gender bias.doc41 KB
Author: 
JBullinger
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Elective Social Studies
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Interactive
Licensing: 
Creative Commons Licence
Grade: 
9-12

Student prerequisite skills and knowledge

No prerequisite skills are needed.

How is the concept or procedure explained or demonstrated?

The concept of implicit bias is evidence through experiential learning, discussion, reading, and directed teaching.

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~banaji/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199805/where-bias-begins-the-truth-about-stereotypes

What concepts or procedures are being explained or demonstrated in this lesson object?

Students understand what implicit bias is, the cognitive processes by which it forms, how implicit bias impacts our personal and professional lives, and what can be done to mitigate the impact of implicit bias.

What was your experience, both successes and challenges, using this lesson object with your students?

In this case, experiential learning is far more powerful and effective.  Students often do not realize the extent to which we all internalize paired associations, which then become schemas, implicitly and that we can then act on these schemes without realizing it.  Sometimes students are not totally comfortable with their results on the IAT demonstration tests, but in this case, the experience is valuable, though important to keep in an appropriate frame of reference.