UNDERSTANDING, RECOGNIZING, AND MITIGATING IMPLICIT BIASES IN HEALTHCARE Final Examination Questions Select the best answer for each question and mark your answers on the Final Examination Answer Sheet found on page 118, or complete your test online at EliteLearning.com/Book 75. Which of the following biases involves looking favorably on the information that confirms your original belief? a. Anchoring bias b. Affinity bias c. Confirmation bias d. Overconfidence bias 76. Where are unconscious biases thought to develop from? a. Experiences b. People we interact with daily c. The environment we interact with daily d. All the above 77. Most personal biases: a. Are subconscious b. Are learned behaviors c. Significantly affect decision-making d. All of the above 78. Cultural stereotyping and categorizing: a. Is a conscious process b. Activates analytic areas of the brain c. Categorizes others and situations as threatening or nonthreatening d. Does not affect the healthcare provider’s concern for patient wellbeing 79. Which of the following biases is defined as tending to prefer those who are similar? a. Omission bias b. Affinity bias c. Overconfidence bias d. Availability bias 80. Microassaults: a. Are explicit intentional insults intended to hurt the recipient b. Are subtle insensitive comments about the recipient’s racial heritage c. Are attempts to dismiss the recipient’s feelings d. Are usually implicit and unintentional 81. What is an adverse outcome found to be strongly 83. Which of the following is true regarding implicit bias? a. Implicit biases typically originate during professional education. b. Implicit biases cannot be changed. c. Healthcare providers are not always aware of their implicit biases. d. Healthcare providers always acknowledge the impact of implicit biases on practice. 84. Which of the following is NOT listed as an area of implicit bias predominant in healthcare? a. Geographic location b. Gender c. Sexual identity d. Height 85. Merino et al. (2018) found that implicit bias impacts mental health care by all of the following EXCEPT: a. Contributing to inaccurate evaluations b. Limiting intervention choices c. Improving distribution of resources d. Contributing to misdiagnoses 86. Which bias has continued to increase over the years? a. Body weight b. Gender c. Age d. Sexual orientation 87. Research on gender bias in healthcare has found that: a. Gender bias does not lead to differences in favorable outcomes b. Gender bias has led to fewer treatments being offered vto women c. Men experiencing pain are viewed as weak d. There are no differences in how men and women complaining of pain are perceived 88. Implicit bias appears to be a strong factor in which aspect of maternal care? a. Differences in maternal care in the northern versus the southern part of the U.S.
b. Weight of baby c. Race of woman d. Giving birth to the first versus second child 89. Which implicit bias mitigation strategy is useful? a. Having colleagues of different races in your workplace b. Increasing your donations to social justice organizations c. Increasing self-awareness regarding the geographic location of your health facility d. Increasing self-awareness about personal "tendencies" and biases
correlated to biases? a. Lack of curiosity b. Lowered self-esteem c. Inability to learn d. Decreased math skills 82. AHRQ (2022) data on healthcare inequalities found that: a. White communities had better outcomes than minority communities on almost half of the quality measures b. Native American communities had better outcomes than white communities on all quality measures c. Racial minority communities had outcomes comparable to white communities for all outcomes d. There were no disparities in breast cancer treatment between white and minority communities
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