Everyday bias : identifying and navigating unconscious judgments in our daily lives
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26288
Howard J. Ross.
--Lanham, MD:
Rowman & Littlefield
, c2014.
- Call Number
- BF 575.P9 R67 2014
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
If you are human, you are biased. From this fundamental truth, diversity expert Howard Ross explores the biases we each carry within us. Most people do not see themselves as biased towards people of different races or different genders. And yet in virtually every area of modern life disparities remain. Even in corporate America, which has for the most part embraced the idea of diversity as a mainstream idea, patterns of disparity remain rampant. Why? Breakthroughs in the cognitive and neurosci…
- Call Number
- BF 575.P9 R67 2014
- Author
- Ross, Howard J
- Responsibility
- Howard J. Ross
- Place of Publication
- Lanham, MD
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 183 p.
- ISBN
- 9781442230835
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Prejudices
- Abstract
- If you are human, you are biased. From this fundamental truth, diversity expert Howard Ross explores the biases we each carry within us. Most people do not see themselves as biased towards people of different races or different genders. And yet in virtually every area of modern life disparities remain. Even in corporate America, which has for the most part embraced the idea of diversity as a mainstream idea, patterns of disparity remain rampant. Why? Breakthroughs in the cognitive and neurosciences give some idea why our results seem inconsistent with our intentions. Bias is natural to the human mind, a survival mechanism that is fundamental to our identity. And overwhelmingly it is unconscious. Incorporating anecdotes from today’s headlines alongside case studies from over 30 years as a nationally prominent diversity consultant, Ross help readers understand how unconscious bias impacts our day-to-day lives and particularly our daily work lives. And, he answers the question: “Is there anything we can do about it?” by providing examples of behaviors that the reader can engage in to disengage the impact of their own biases. With an added appendix that includes lessons for handling conflict and bias in the workplace, this book offers an invaluable resource for a broad audience, from individuals seeking to understand and confront their own biases to human resource professionals and business leaders determined to create more bias-conscious organizations in the belief that productivity, personal happiness, and social growth are possible if we first understand the widespread and powerful nature of the biases we don’t realize we have.
- Contents
- Blinded by the light of our bias -- If you are human, you are biased -- Thinking about thinking -- The many faces of bias -- Life, death and unconscious bias on a rainy night -- Like water for the fish : networks of bias in everyday life -- Shifting to neutral : how we can learn to disengage from bias -- Conclusion: a brave new world, a grand new journey -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Endnotes.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Pomeroy's quay
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26171
E. G. Forward.
--Renfrew, ON:
General Store Pub. House
, c2012.
- Call Number
- PS 8611 .O783 P64 2012
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
A historical voyage into the unforgiving world of the fisherman in early twentieth-century Newfoundland. Richard Pomeroy is plucked cruelly from childhood and forced to earn his way in the world of men. Facing the dangers of the sea and the violence of the enemy, Richard must conquer prejudice, the torturous lifestyle of an inshore fisherman, and the cruel hand dealt him in the death of his father -- all in the face of war.
- Call Number
- PS 8611 .O783 P64 2012
- Author
- Forward, E G
- Responsibility
- E. G. Forward
- Place of Publication
- Renfrew, ON
- Publisher
- General Store Pub. House
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 209 p.
- ISBN
- 9781926962429
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Fathers - death - fiction
- Prejudices - fiction
- Fishermen - fiction
- Fishing ports - Newfoundland and Labrador
- Abstract
- A historical voyage into the unforgiving world of the fisherman in early twentieth-century Newfoundland. Richard Pomeroy is plucked cruelly from childhood and forced to earn his way in the world of men. Facing the dangers of the sea and the violence of the enemy, Richard must conquer prejudice, the torturous lifestyle of an inshore fisherman, and the cruel hand dealt him in the death of his father -- all in the face of war.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
The psychology of diversity : beyond prejudice and racism
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33127
authors James M. Jones, John F. Dovidio, and Deborah L. Vietze.
--Chichester, West Sussex, UK:
Wiley Blackwell
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Psychology of Diversity presents a captivating social-psychological study of diversity, the obstacles confronting it, and the benefits it provides. The text considers how historical, political, economic, and societal factors shape the way people think about and respond to diversity.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Jones, James M
- Other Authors
- Dovidio, John F
- Vietze, Deborah L
- Responsibility
- authors James M. Jones, John F. Dovidio, and Deborah L. Vietze
- Place of Publication
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK
- Publisher
- Wiley Blackwell
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 407 p.)
- ISBN
- 9781118587898 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cultural Diversity
- Prejudice
- Racism
- Stereotypes (Social psychology)
- Abstract
- The Psychology of Diversity presents a captivating social-psychological study of diversity, the obstacles confronting it, and the benefits it provides. The text considers how historical, political, economic, and societal factors shape the way people think about and respond to diversity.
- Contents
- Preface -- Framing diversity -- The psychology of diversity: challenges and benefits -- Central concepts in the psychology of diversity -- Historical perspectives on diversity in the United States -- Psychological processes -- Personality and individual differences : how different types of people respond to diversity in different ways -- Social cognition and categorization : distinguishing "us" from "them" -- Social identity, roles, and relations : motivational influences in responses to diversity -- Is bias in the brain? -- Coping and adapting to stigma and difference -- Intergroup interactions : pitfalls and promises -- Culture, power, and institutions -- Cultural diversity : preferences, meaning and difference -- Social roles and power in a diverse society -- The challenge of diversity for institutions -- The psychology of diversity : principles and prospects -- Glossary -- Index.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
