My Hidden Bias Analysis

I think that the Race IAT was calculated based on how quickly you were able to correctly associate the given picture with the race and positive/negative word. For instance, the test likely recorded the average time it took me to hit the ‘E’ or ‘I’ key based on if black faces and negative words were associated versus if black faces and positive words were associated. If it took longer for me to hit the correct key with the black face/positive word than it did the black face/negative word, it is likely that there may be some sort of implicit bias against the former association. After I received my result, I was initially surprised that I was slightly preferring the black/negative association versus the black/positive association. However, after

Despite global increases in diversity, social prejudices continue to fuel intergroup conflict, disparities and discrimination (Amodio, 2014). What exactly is prejudice tendencies and how can one avoid it? One of the most common types of prejudice is racial. Racial prejudice is based upon negative preconceived notions of select racial groups with the assumption that all members of a particular racial group can be categorized with the same negative characteristics (Gassner & McGuigan, 2014). To better understand prejudice I took the “Test Yourself for Hidden Biases” questionnaire on race. I have to say that I was not impressed with how this test was used to find out if you have unconscious prejudice towards African Americans. The test

There are so many conflicts in life and when people go to find the truth, the media is the first to be looked at. People like to think that there is correct information from the media but in reality there isn’t. There was a book written by Bernard Goldberg called “Bias” where a CBS insider exposes how the media distorts the news. This books lectures about how news networks need to get a reality check since there is bias fed to the media. This happens when there are a large group of people who think alike that use group thinking. These groups usually get filtered news that are not all so true. The news is supposed to be where people get facts about what activities or events going on in the world. Although stories can be changed when too many like minded people make the decisions on what an audience or reader views.

The first one I would say may not come from the most reliable source, but one that is consistent with the background material of Anchoring. It is a great example as you see this all the time when considering purchasing cars. One will look for a specific item instead of putting together a list of ones thoughts and basing the decision off multiple items.

I was curious to take the IAT racial test because I had never heard about it before. After taking it, I did some research and I found interesting explanations about what it broadly measures as well as opinions from different researchers about its use and accuracy. At first, I was a little bit scared to take it because I was afraid to discover myself having strong automatic associations that I was unaware of. When I consciously think about my values and what I stand for, I consider myself as an open-minded person who is not racist and values the globalization and multicultural mixer. However, my results suggested a moderate automatic preference for European American compared to African American. Honestly, I was surprised when I saw this answer

No matter who you are or what part of the world you are from implicit bias are a constant issue in society. These tendencies typically stem from structural injustice, implicit bias, and personal discretion. Structural injustice is when a category of people are associated with an insufficient status when comparing to other groups of people engaging in the same actions. Implicit bias are stances and stereotypes that affect our comprehension, actions and decisions held by our unconscious manner. These bias are involuntarily and are done without individuals awareness or intentional control. Everyone is exposed to these biases at a young age through the media, parents, and teachers. Each individual holds possession of implicit bias whether they

The results for my implicit bias tests were very shocking because I know I'm not racist, sexist or homophobic.The first test I took was the sexuality test which was based on straight and gay people and the results I got was that I liked straight people more than gay people. The results made me upset knowing I like liked both straight and gay people equally. I did not have anything that I wasn't surprised about in the implicit bias test.I took the second test which was based on race and the resulted were surprising especially knowing that I hang out more with dark-skinned people than light-skinned people. The results on that test said I prefer light skinned people over dark-skinned people which that is wrong. I treat them equally but I prefer

Two of my other tests showed that I strongly associate European Americans with American and Asian Americans with foreign and slightly associate Native Americans with foreign and White Americans with American.

Automatic prejudice is classified as the first thoughts and judgments a person has when they see a certain object. Some people say, “don’t judge a book by a cover” but that is exactly what most people do right off the bat. If someone judges a homeless man negatively at first glance, but then feels bad in their heart for the person make them a terrible human? I say no. The first thought we have when we see something is normally out of our control, but with the second we can analyse the object and formulate an opinion better. This being said I do not give much credit to the implicit association test. The one I took was the featured task test, and it was about the presidential candidates from the most recent U.S. election. After completing the

Implicit bias everyone possesses it, even if they do not ament to it. Implicit bias is also known as social cognition. It refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions,and decisions. About 48 hours after the presidential debate monday night, Trump responded to what Ms..Clinton spoke about implicit bias. Trump thinks that Hillary accused the entire country of implicit bias. Trump then goes on to bashing clinton about everything she has ever said to make her seem like a terrible person towards the citizens and our cops,soldiers,firefighters,the men that severing the country.

Many studies, such as one called thean Implicit Association Test, have been done to research attitudes about different stereotyped traits such as race, gender, and age. For example, one such test conducted in 2006 had subjects categorize words and images by pressing a button on the left or right side of a computer when presented with either a picture of an African American or a European American and either a positive or negative word. The reaction times were measured because as the researchers stated “Participants will press keys faster when the categories produce cognitive consonance rather than dissonance...Thus, someone with an implicit preference for whites will respond faster when [European American] faces are paired with pleasant words than when [African American] faces are paired with pleasant words”. And if I completely lost you there, that pretty much boils down to this- when the subjects favor one race they are faster to click the button when a good word and “good” face are together because to them it makes more sense. And this, is a much more difficult habit to

I feel like implicit bias affects us by showing the side of us that we don't want shown. An experiment shown from Yale university had seen some interesting discoveries when looking at who the teacher was focusing on. “Then they used a sophisticated eye-tracking technology to identify where the teachers were looking as they scanned for signs of trouble. And it turned out that what the teachers were looking at most often were the black children on the screen, especially the black boys. Implicit biases have made even teachers to think in a biased way. The danger of this is when it causes the teachers to act more harshly on the black students more than the white students. This can cause controversy and split opinion on what is right and what is

Wittenbrink, Judd, and Park (1997) hypothesized the degree of involuntariness of Caucasian Americans’ triggered connections of African Americans. They thought that involuntary stereotyping would occur when being presented elements that referenced African Americans. Easier responding to African American related elements should occur after experiencing elements that related to African Americans (black prime) and Caucasian American stereotypes after experiencing elements that related to Caucasian Americans (white prime). The eased responses to stereotypes should vary according to how positive or negative the element is (valence), therefore expressing involuntary prejudices (Wittenbrink, Judd, & Park, 1997).

The Implicit Associations Test (IAT) has long been used by social psychologists to understand people’s negative stereotypes and prejudices. IAT requires user to categorize as fast as they can on two different target concepts associated with a characteristic. It is effective in exposing real attitudes and automatic association for individuals who do not want to expose it explicitly (Greenwald, 1998). It is common to use the IAT to test among adults in understanding gender and race stereotypes. For instance, the Gender-Science IAT reveal that most people typically associate men with careers and women with family (Nosek, Banaji & Greenwald, 2002). Along the same lines, researcher also found out that people generally associate the color white

After 3 weeks of keeping a journal of my bias’s I have found I can now reflect on the process. I must say I am somewhat surprised with the outcome. I have found new bias’s I never knew I had or never took the time to think that I had. I also reflected on biases that I knew I had. When it comes down to it, everyone has biases about something. So saying that you do not have a bias or denying would just be a lie.