Race Implicit Association Test

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Introduction The Project Implicit, Harvard Education is a non-profit organization that seeks to collect data on an individual’s subconscious chooses. The test that I took was the Race IAT (Implicit Association Test), which measures and shows an individual’s implicit belief and attitudes that one may not be unwilling to admit that they have (Teachman, Nock, 2011). So, this test was an attempt to see if I have biases that I do not really know about. This is interesting and scary at the same time. To have someone basically interpret your thoughts through a series of unrelated responses. My Background I was born in Hampton, Virginia in a nearly all black community. I did have some white families in our community. Again my church …show more content…

After taking the test the results said that I was little to no automatic preference between African American and European American. This was very shocking to me due to the fact that I see racial actions and comments that are directed to my family and I. Due to the politics and other issues, my attitude has become jagged. I have started to speak my mind right or wrong about the unfairness that I encounter. This really bothers me when it is directed to my children, especially when it comes to sports. I feel that they should not have to deal with this because I did not have to. Having stated all of this and my test results basically concluded that I was neutral, is questionable. At the end of the test there was a survey to take. Here are a few statements or questions from the survey (1) what influenced my score, (2) did the test capture something important about me, (3) did the scores reflect the culture that I am exposed to but not me personally, and (4) how did I find this …show more content…

I am wondering if the questions or demonstration really captured my true attitude and emotions toward the topic. I felt as if I answered all of the questions properly and accurately. I did take the test second, but only due to the fact that the results from the first attempt stated that there was too many errors to determine a result. However, the second time around I read through the directions thoroughly and took my time answering the questions and statements given. I really do not think the test showed an implicit attitude that I did not know about, because personally I feel differently about the whole matter. Now even when I answered the survey statements and questions to/with agree, disagree, enjoyable, and eye opening. I am now rethinking each survey question. I am questioning myself that I did not really answer the survey truthfully. I cannot really say that this test means a lot to me. Because even with the results my feelings and attitude are still the same and worse. I know this test is supposed to help me find hidden emotions that I did not know I had, but now I still feel that I have not gotten to the true root or conclusion of my

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