Hidden Bias
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Hidden Biases
When I first read the assignment I was kind of disappointed. I have already taken many of the Implicit Association Tests for two of my Psychology classes; Abnormal Psychology and Social Psychology. I had taken the gender test several times, the last time less than a month ago, so I decided against taking it again because if you take these tests too often then you start to learn how to manipulate the test because you know what to expect. Along with the gender test I have taken the race test, age test, sexuality test, and president test. I think I have a good grasp of what hidden bias tests are all about.
Similarly I have learned extensively about discrimination, stereotypes, and prejudice. I know that they are all different. My Social Psychology teacher liked to compare them to the ABC's of Social Psychology; Affect-prejudice, Behavior-discrimination, and Cognition-stereotypes. I feel that the ABC's helped me understand more about discrimination, prejudice, and stereotypes so that I can examine them more fully.
This said, I'm going to go back to the first time I took an IAT, spring semester freshman year...