Article
Opinion: Bias Is Unavoidable
Counseling and School Psychology Faculty Publication Series
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-7-2012
Disciplines
Abstract
It is part of the human condition to have implicit biases—and remain blissfully ignorant of them. Academic researchers, scientists, and clinicians are no exception; they are as marvelously flawed as everyone else. But it is not the cognitive bias that’s the problem. Rather, the denial that there is a problem is where the issues arise. Indeed, our capacity for self-deception was beautifully captured in the title of a recent book addressing researchers’ self-justificatory strategies, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me).
Community Engaged/Serving
No, this is not community-engaged.
Publisher
LabX Media Group
Citation Information
Cosgrove, Lisa, "Opinion: Bias Is Unavoidable." The Scientist (2012). http://scholarworks.umb.edu/counseling_faculty_pubs/13
This article appears in the The Scientist, published by the LabX Media Group: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/32462/title/Opinion--Bias-Is-Unavoidable/.