Sentences with phrase «about age bias»

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This book by two psychology professors explores the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status and nationality.

I should say though that I am somewhat biased about our referees having been banned at the age of 10 from the junior school team for making my feelings known to the ref after he made one really bad decision too many.

Working the refs and griping about perceived slights are age - old tactics, but Burke raised the stakes when he said his small - market Canadian team had not been given a «level playing field,» implying a bias toward the Red Wings, one of the NHL's marquee clubs.

Second, mothers were asked about their breastfeeding behaviors when their child was aged 19 — 35 months, which is after many women in the United States stop breastfeeding, and therefore might be subject to recall bias.

Those discrepancies could reflect biases in the data, Zagheni said, such as lower Facebook usage in that demographic group, or differences across age groups in the amount of information posted on Facebook, such as details about users» hometowns — and thus whether they would be considered an expat.

«I remember talking about this with other women my age when I was much younger,» says Linda Bartoshuk, a full professor of psychology at the University of Florida in Gainesville who has seen her share of gender bias among scientists.

It also sheds new light on the long observed but little understood «gender bias» of autism, an illness that typically manifests by age 3 and affects about four times more boys than girls.

Georgetown Day is an independent school that prides itself on cultural competency — students learn about the word «privilege» at an early age, and teachers are encouraged to address cultural issues related to bias with their students.

Perhaps the week's most buzzed - about employment law case came from Hartford where veteran political reporter Shelly Sindland filed a sex and age bias complaint against Tribune Co.'s Fox 61, charging that execs at the TV station rewarded female on - air talent on the basis of bodily attractiveness rather than conventional journalistic criteria.

Age bias is endemic in hiring — in, fact, I've written about that in a previous blog detailing strategies to mitigate this challenge.

Another important difference between Australia and Asia: Including personal information about your race, age, marital status or religion is unnecessary and can leave employers vulnerable to accusations of bias.

The four disorders that require onset of symptoms in childhood (separation anxiety disorder, oppositional - defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder) were also included in part II and limited to respondents in the age range of 18 to 44 years because of concerns about recall bias among older respondents.