Japan Society for Implicit Bias Research: What is the Unconscious Bias?

An example of unconscious bias affecting people’s perceptions is the story of blind auditions. In the 1970s, less than 10% of the members of a renowned American orchestra were women. However, when a screen was placed between the performers and the judges during auditions, the percentage of women increased to nearly 40% (“Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People” by M.R. Banaji and A.G. Greenwald). If you asked the judges, “Do you think men are better performers?” they would likely respond, “No, I believe there is no gender difference in musical ability.” However, when the gender of the performers was apparent, the judges were influenced by it.

Unconscious bias is often mentioned alongside implicit bias. The terms used interchangeably.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/implicit-bias?q=implicit+bias

https://www.simplypsychology.org/implicit-bias.html

Let me explain about Implicit Bias.

It is said;

"Implicit biases are discriminatory biases based on implicit attitudes or implicit stereotypes. Implicit biases are especially intriguing, and also es-pecially problematic, because they can produce behavior that diverges from a person’s avowed or endorsed beliefs or principles. The very existence of implicit bias poses a challenge to legal theory and practice, because dis-crimination doctrine is premised on the assumption that, barring insanity or mental incompetence, human actors are guided by their avowed (explicit) beliefs, attitudes, and intentions" ResearchGate