"Reveal Your Mind" Computer Exercise

Attitudes toward topics like race or gender operate on two levels: (1) conscious (those we choose) and (2) unconscious. Psychologists have been looking at the role our unconscious, or implicit, associations play in our beliefs and behavior. The idea is that we make connections more quickly between pairs of ideas that are already related in our minds than we do between pairs of ideas that are unfamiliar to us. Taking the Implicit Association Test (IAT) on the computer allows for measuring the time in milliseconds between stimulus and response.

The group started with doing the Gender-Career exercise discussed in the book (pp. 77-81).

You can do this, too. Take IAT.

What went through your mind as you took the test and when you saw the results?

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