Overcoming Bias Habits - An Evidence-Based Guide to Creating a Joyfully Inclusive World
Chapter 3 - Bias Habits That Create Disparities
Chapters 1-10 of the book will include Skills Summary sections to help you review what you’ve learned in each chapter of the book.
Learn more about Self-Fulfilling Prophecy:
And the bias habit-breaking skill segment from “Addressing Biases and Inequities in Healthcare”
Learn more about Impression Justification from Diverse Joy:
During the bias habit-breaking skill segment of “The Brain’s Wicked Reward System and Overcoming Stereotypes for Good”
Or from the main topic discussion, surrounding the halo effect and beauty standards, of “Joy in Challenging Beauty Standards”
As well as the bias habit-breaking skill segment from “Joyful Facets of Identity: Get to Know Us and Our Backgrounds!”
And the first bias habit-breaking skill segment that dealt with Impression Justification, from early in season 1’s “Joyful Facets of Identity: Get to Know Us and Our Backgrounds!”
You may also be interested in:
An excerpt video from the training that explains Impression Justification
Learn more about Norm Enforcement:
Norm Enforcement from “Mind-Body Connection: The Body Keeps the Joy”
During the bias habit-breaking skill segment of “What is ‘Professional’ Anyway?”, an episode with guest Sandy Eichel
And a related excerpt from the training that discusses Norm Enforcement and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Overcoming Bias Habits - An Evidence-Based Guide to Creating a Joyfully Inclusive World
By William T. L. Cox, PhD is now available from the University of California Press!
This popular press book is available now at Amazon. Barnes & Noble, or wherever you get books.
Season 3 of the Diverse Joy® podcast, which releases October 2025-November 2026 was designed to match the chapters of the book. Season 3’s episodes “The Brain’s Wicked Reward System and Overcoming Stereotypes for Good”, “Mind-Body Connection: The Body Keeps the Joy”, and “Learning About Bias in Kids”, correspond to chapter 3.