Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Interesting But Stupid...Implicit Association Testing

Select a Test

Sexuality IAT
Sexuality ('Gay - Straight' IAT). This IAT requires the ability to distinguish words and symbols representing gay and straight people. It often reveals an automatic preference for straight relative to gay people.

Weapons IAT
Weapons ('Weapons - Harmless Objects' IAT). This IAT requires the ability to recognize White and Black faces, and images of weapons or harmless objects.

Gender-Science IAT
Gender - Science. This IAT often reveals a relative link between liberal arts and females and between science and males.

Weight IAT
Weight ('Fat - Thin' IAT). This IAT requires the ability to distinguish faces of people who are obese and people who are thin. It often reveals an automatic preference for thin people relative to fat people.

Age IAT
Age ('Young - Old' IAT). This IAT requires the ability to distinguish old from young faces. This test often indicates that Americans have automatic preference for young over old.

Presidents IAT
Presidents ('Presidential Popularity' IAT). This IAT requires the ability to recognize photos of George W. Bush and one or more previous presidents.

Disability IAT
Disability ('Disabled - Abled' IAT). This IAT requires the ability to recognize symbols representing abled and disabled individuals.

Native IAT
Native American ('Native - White American' IAT). This IAT requires the ability to recognize White and Native American faces in either classic or modern dress, and the names of places that are either American or Foreign in origin.

Arab-Muslim IAT
Arab-Muslim ('Arab Muslim - Other People' IAT). This IAT requires the ability to distinguish names that are likely to belong to Arab-Muslims versus people of other nationalities or religions.

Gender-Career IAT
Gender - Career. This IAT often reveals a relative link between family and females and between career and males.

Asian IAT
Asian American ('Asian - European American' IAT). This IAT requires the ability to recognize White and Asian-American faces, and images of places that are either American or Foreign in origin.

Skin-tone IAT
Skin-tone ('Light Skin - Dark Skin' IAT). This IAT requires the ability to recognize light and dark-skinned faces. It often reveals an automatic preference for light-skin relative to dark-skin.

Religion IAT
Religion ('Judaism - Other Religions' IAT). This IAT requires the ability to recognize religious symbols from various world religions, especially Judaism.

Race IAT
Race ('Black - White' IAT). This IAT requires the ability to distinguish faces of European and African origin. It indicates that most Americans have an automatic preference for white over black.
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Interesting in that since I am righthanded and was able therefore to hit the "i" key more quickly...strangely enough and Katey bar the door...this somehow displayed a preference in my skin color associations.

Which by the way showed a minor preference for lighter skin.

Taking any of the above tests will set you back a few minutes or so, and bear in mind that internet speed might very well play a role in how you are "graded".

Do it yourself and see how it makes YOU feel.

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