Harvard has a project called Project Implicit.
Follow the links from the "Demonstration" option and you'll reach the rest of the tests.
The test takes two subjects - say African American and European American and "good" and "bad" words (positive / negative, really) and has you sort the pictures. The words are paired (African American + good word / European American + bad words and vice versa), and it tests how easily you make the connection between the two. The program measures the time you take to make the connection, too, so you can't just cheat and go slow and get every single one right.
It's interesting to think of one's biases as occuring on an unconscious level. I apparently have a "Slight automatic preference for White people compared to Black people," and a "Slight automatic preference for Gay people compared to Straight people." I also prefer Arab Muslims over "other people" (and I don't know any Arab Muslims, so I'm completely lost by that).
What results do you get? Were you surprised by any of them? What do you think of the ability to figure one's implicit biases? Please be honest, by the way.
Follow the links from the "Demonstration" option and you'll reach the rest of the tests.
The test takes two subjects - say African American and European American and "good" and "bad" words (positive / negative, really) and has you sort the pictures. The words are paired (African American + good word / European American + bad words and vice versa), and it tests how easily you make the connection between the two. The program measures the time you take to make the connection, too, so you can't just cheat and go slow and get every single one right.
It's interesting to think of one's biases as occuring on an unconscious level. I apparently have a "Slight automatic preference for White people compared to Black people," and a "Slight automatic preference for Gay people compared to Straight people." I also prefer Arab Muslims over "other people" (and I don't know any Arab Muslims, so I'm completely lost by that).
What results do you get? Were you surprised by any of them? What do you think of the ability to figure one's implicit biases? Please be honest, by the way.
