Coursework content

Think of the times when you are stressed, feeling tired, or rushed, as these situations tend to activate our biases. How may these feelings influence your behaviour when working in a team? Reflect in a 250-word essay.

Additionally, fill in the blanks in the following template and share in your cohort’s channel: “Once when I was […], someone […]. I caught myself thinking […]. Then I […].”

An example: “Once when I was late for an exam, someone was driving very slowly in front me. I caught myself thinking that they are driving slowly on purpose to slow me down. Then I realised that they don’t know me and I don’t know their situation. I decided to find a polite and kind way of passing them through.”

Estimated time in hours

1

What is the purpose of this assignment?

This assignment will help you recognise the situations that require an extra effort to overcome biases.

How to submit

Share the link for the Google doc you prepared on your own coursework project board.

Share your answer to the template in your cohort’s channel.

Coursework content

Take an Implicit Association Test (IAT) (link is here) to identify what your unconscious biases are. There are multiple topics to choose from: Age, Gender, Sexuality, Skin-tone, Ethnicity, etc. Remember: Awareness is the first step to combatting bias.

Estimated time in hours

0.2

What is the purpose of this assignment?

This assignment will help to recognise your own biases that maybe you were not aware of.

How to submit

Complete the test. You don’t need to share the results.