Assignment task: Describe the socio-psychological implications of implicit bias on our ability to view others through a DEI lens. Address the following in your response:
1. How can the assumptions we make about social groups unconsciously influence our attitudes, language, and actions in subtle ways?
2. Given the shift from unconscious to conscious perception, describe how an implicit bias could become an explicit bias.
3. Given the notion of bias as a learned construct, describe what you believe is the most effective step that a person could take to unlearn bias.