title: Recognizing and coping with our own prejudices: Fighting liberal bias without conservative input.
abstract: This commentary summarizes my struggle to overcome liberal bias without conservative input. I generally assume I am biased and constantly try to build a good-quality argument for the opposite view. Trying to dispense with one's liberal values can help, if one is willing. Frequent self-tests help. Liberal biases include race, gender, and poverty, but also dislike of business corporations and even Western civilization. Feminism is the single strongest and most powerful bias.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,Florida State University,Tallahassee,FL 32306;and Department of Psychology,King Abdulaziz University,Jeddah 22254,Saudi Arabia.baumeister@psy.fsu.eduhttps://psy.fsu.edu/faculty/baumeister.dp.htmlhttp://www.roybaumeister.com/
authors.forename: Roy F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Baumeister
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D015982:Bias; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D011287:Prejudice