Overcoming Bias Habits - An Evidence-Based Guide to Creating a Joyfully Inclusive World
Chapter 4 - Bias Habits That Perpetuate Cognitive Inertia
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.
Relevant bias habit-breaking skills segments of Diverse Joy include:
The Cognitive Inertia segment from “Why Belonging Matters As a Multi-Cultural Immigrant”
The Attentional Spotlight segment of “You Can't Tell Just By Looking: Breaking Assumptions About ‘Gaydar’”
And this episode’s main topic goes in-depth on the science behind the inaccuracy of “gaydar” that was discussed in Chapter 4 of Overcoming Bias Habits
The Confirmation Bias segment of “Joy at Every Size: Weight Bias”
As well as the Untested Assumptions portion of “Accommodations Help Everyone”, with guest Nicki Vander Meulen, Esq., a disability-rights advocate
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An excerpt from the Bias Habit-Breaking Training that reviews all three bias habits that contribute to cognitive inertia
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, Episode 5 - “Why Belonging Matters As a Multi-Cultural Immigrant”, with guest Xizhou Xie corresponds to chapter 4.