Do you think you know your own mind? Do you believe that your judgments, decisions and beliefs are products of your conscious, rational thought processes? Do you realize that everyone has unconscious biases?
Dr. Anthony Greenwald offers us all a ‘wake up call’ with his presentation, “How Hidden Mental Habits Can Create Unintended Consequences.”
All Orcas thinkers, movers and shakers are invited to join your fellow citizens next Sunday, April 18 at 2 pm at the Orcas Center for an enlightening discussion with this leading social psychologist, who says that “current psychological research paints a complex and problematic picture.”
In his Crossroads presentation Dr. Greenwald describes some of our methods of “implicit social cognition”, provides an overview of current psychological research and reveals how hidden mental habits may guide us, resulting in unintended thoughts and actions (such as discriminatory behavior.) The presentation is followed by audience Q&A and a public reception. Dr. Greenwald has been a Professor of Psychology at University of Washington since 1986. He received an A.B. from Yale University, and both his A.M. and Ph.D. at Harvard University.
Greenwald, Mahzarin Banaji, Brian Nosek and others have done extensive research on cognition, and collaborated to create the Implicit Association Test. This test measures the extent to which an individual will associate two individual concepts. More than 4.5 million IAT tests have been completed on the IAT website, and next Sunday we’ll get “the scoop” live and in person at Orcas Center.
Tickets are on sale at Darvill’s Bookstore, the Orcas Island Public Library and at the door, with a $10 donation requested. A limited number of complimentary tickets are available in advance from the Library and the Senior Center, so our entire Orcas community has easy access to this wonderful learning experience.
The Crossroads Lecture Series is co-sponsored by Friends of the Library, the Orcas Island Public Library, Orcas Center, the Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation and the Crossroads Associates. Please, join us on April 18 for what is sure to be an illuminating discussion. Join the conversation. Bring a friend!
Kind regards,
Susan Malins Director,
Crossroads Lecture Series
P.S. We invite interested people to join our “Associates Circle” in support of the 2010-2011 Crossroads Series. Associates help to choose the series topics and speakers, enjoy private receptions with the speakers and are entitled to season series tickets. Please let us know today if you have interest in being involved with Crossroads as an Associate.
