\ud83d\udcb0In 1947, Bruner J. S. and Goodman C. C., two of the pioneers of cognitive psychology, asked a group of children to estimate the size of US coins from their memory. They found that poor children overestimated the coin size more than rich children did<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udc40 So they assumed that perception has objective and subjective elements: a person\u2019s interpretation of a \u201creality\u201d is shaped not only by the nature of the \u201creality\u201d itself but also by the perceiver\u2019s expectations, needs and desires: the so-called confirmation bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f When we act through our biases, we copy our long-ago conclusions and paste them in the current situation without realising that we are looking for evidence to support our findings rather than invalidate them. Instead of listening, we are just consolidating our pre-existing deductions, and if you are not listening, you are not entirely IN the conversation with all the ensuing consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83c\udfafEducation and Perspective-taking: Engaging in activities that promote perspective-taking, such as considering experiences from the point of view of the person being stereotyped, and learning to slow down before making judgments, can help mitigate unconscious biases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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