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do you want to know your hidden biases on Race or Gender?
simba
Registered User Posts: 6,092 Senior Member
This really is a cool web based test. Each test will take about 10 mins, and you will learn what your mind thinks. It is from an org. called understanding prejudices, and was developed by Profs. from Harvard and Virginia.
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/iat/
When it comes to gender and racial equality, most people know what their opinions are. But what about unconscious attitudes and associations? Would you be surprised to learn, for example, that you unconsciously favor one gender or racial group over another?
The test you are about to take, known as the "Implicit Association Test," offers one way to probe unconscious biases. In this 10-minute test, you will be presented with words or images and asked to respond as quickly as possible. At the end, your responses will be tallied so that you can see how your score compares to others and to your expectations (these responses will also be saved and tabulated as part of an investigation of implicit associations).
Warning: This test has been taken more than one million times, and the results usually reveal some degree of bias. Your test results will include interpretations based on research done with more elaborate versions of this test. However, the parties who have contributed to this site make no claim regarding the validity of suggested interpretations. If you would rather not read these interpretations or risk discovering hidden biases, please do not continue.
On their home page they also have other tests that are good too. They are:
1. Slide Tour of Prejudice (10 mins.)
2. Ambivilent Sexism (This really depends on your coutry of origin) - 20 mins.
3. What is your Native American IQ (10 mins)
Good Informative stuff about Slavery and US Presidents (30 mins)
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/iat/
When it comes to gender and racial equality, most people know what their opinions are. But what about unconscious attitudes and associations? Would you be surprised to learn, for example, that you unconsciously favor one gender or racial group over another?
The test you are about to take, known as the "Implicit Association Test," offers one way to probe unconscious biases. In this 10-minute test, you will be presented with words or images and asked to respond as quickly as possible. At the end, your responses will be tallied so that you can see how your score compares to others and to your expectations (these responses will also be saved and tabulated as part of an investigation of implicit associations).
Warning: This test has been taken more than one million times, and the results usually reveal some degree of bias. Your test results will include interpretations based on research done with more elaborate versions of this test. However, the parties who have contributed to this site make no claim regarding the validity of suggested interpretations. If you would rather not read these interpretations or risk discovering hidden biases, please do not continue.
On their home page they also have other tests that are good too. They are:
1. Slide Tour of Prejudice (10 mins.)
2. Ambivilent Sexism (This really depends on your coutry of origin) - 20 mins.
3. What is your Native American IQ (10 mins)
Good Informative stuff about Slavery and US Presidents (30 mins)
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Replies to: do you want to know your hidden biases on Race or Gender?
For those who take the test: Take the whole test. If you don't, you will not realize the way that the test is constructed, and you might think that it's designed to have people link African Americans with undesireable characteristics. I mention this because when I posted it a few months ago, a black parent posted that he started taking it and then quit because he thought the test was biased. Trust me: the word pairings change in the second half of the test.
BTW, I think I've taken a similar version of this test before that tested for bias against other groups, like the elderly and the obese. The only group against which I showed signifigant implicit bias was the obese, which is entirely true. I hold them in low regard.
(you obviously didn't get the memo.)
Not to say that I think I'm biased, but I'm just bad with those "click as fast as you can".
Did anyone else get like 10-15 wrong each time? -_-"
Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for African American compared to European American.
The table below shows the percentage of other online test takers receiving various test results, so you can compare yourself with other people. Your results have been corrected for the order in which you performed the dual category associations.
Test Result % of Test Takers:
Strong automatic preference for White people 48%
Moderate automatic preference for White people 13%
Slight automatic preference for White people 12%
Little or no automatic preference 12%
Slight automatic preference for Black people 6%
Moderate automatic preference for Black people 4%
Your data suggest a moderate association of Female with CAREER and Male with FAMILY compared to Male with CAREER and Female with FAMILY.
table below shows the percentage of other online test takers receiving various test results, so you can compare yourself with other people. Your results have been corrected for the order in which you performed the dual category associations.
Test Result % of Test Takers:
Strong association between male and career 40%
Moderate association between male and career 15%
Slight association between male and career 12%
Little or no gender association with career or family 17%
Slight association between female and career 6%
Moderate association between female and career 5%
Strong association between female and career 5%