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69 14: The Relationship Between One’s Experience and the Development of Personal Bias

Learning Objectives

After this chapter, you should be able to:

  • Define stereotype threat
  • List characteristics of implicit bias
  • Explain how people learn about and categorize others
  • Describe how stereotypes develop and why they persist
  • Discuss the effects of stereotypes
  • Investigate ways to uncover the stereotypes that we hold and apply that to practices that will reduce discrimination with children and families

14.1: How Biases Are Formed

14.2: The Beginning of Bias

14.3: Summary