Harvard’s Implicit Associations Test: IAT Written Response
IAT Written Response
While taking the Implicit Association Tests, there was anxiousness in ensuring that the time frame does not exceed the ten minutes allocated for every test taken. The situation keeps you anxious for some time as you do not know what is coming ahead in the questions, and sometimes placing a response that is marked with a red, gives you pressure that you are not doing the correct thing. It feels somewhat intimidating and challenging; therefore, it requires a sober and keen observer to answer correctly. After completing the first two tests, a relaxed feeling set in as the questions no longer seemed intimidating as at the beginning. The results were surprisingly accurate, just like reading the mind and knowing the exact feeling an individual has towards something, objects, other people, and or different races.
Taking into account the percentages of other people’s scores, it indicates that in society, individuals tend to have nearly similar preferences and ideologies. A small percentage tends to be biased or against general opinions, and that would influence an individual to view similar things in a different perspective. The biases could influence one to negatively associate a specific group of people with particular objects or weapons. Yet, in reality, that specific group does not have any connection to the weapons or objects. Other people could view specific groups as enemies, yet they are not enemies as perceived. Although biases exist in society, there is a need to educate the stereotypes to change the negative narratives and learn more before making biased opinions. If people had a view on their results, they would probably change the way they think, even though the change will be minimal and slightly noted. The implicit preference has the ability to predict the way a person behaves and knowing the results might slightly change their behaviors in a particular way.
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