M5 - Unconscious Bias Tests (Implicit Association Test (IAT) by Michelle Bakerson

Transgender IAT

kacoates — 2022-09-24 20:14:27 UTC

I am so sad to say that my results showed that I have an "automatic weak preference" towards cis people. I'm so ashamed of this. I know that it comes from my own lack of understanding, and that doesn't help or change the fact that it's wrong. Please forgive me as I keep learning and growing, everyone.

Religion IAT

michmay — 2022-09-27 19:34:58 UTC

I took the religion IAT. I am not a religious person, and I strive to remain tolerant and objective towards the views of others. I'm honestly glad this did not dig up any subconscious bias. I suppose this means I should keep doing what I am doing. I think it is very important to stay objective in the classroom with issues like these. Taking a side can easily permanently alienate students.

Race and Weapons

JJKurtz — 2022-09-27 22:33:22 UTC

I did the Race and Weapons IATs. I showed a slight preference for Black faces in the Race one and a slight association between weapons and black faces for the weapon one. I will be sure to keep these biases in mind as I move into the classroom and in my life in general. I think it is very useful to talk about unconscious biases as they require some degree of work and conscious thought. I liked their idea of using meditation to try to retrain yourself.

Weight IAT

jocmoral — 2022-09-28 03:11:20 UTC

I did the weight IAT and it showed that I have a moderate automatic preference for thin people over fat people. I think this surprised me a bit, as I believe I am slightly overweight myself. I do not think of thin people being better than fat people in general, but I did find myself connecting negative words to fat people while completing the test and it came naturally. This is something very important to think about as I work towards having my own classroom one day because I would not want any children believing they are less than their classmates if they happen to be overweight. I also would not like for the thinner classmates to bully or make their other classmates feel uncomfortable. It is definitely something to think about and reflect on.

2022-09-28 14:52:13 UTC

I did the Age IAT. I couldn't believe that it said that I prefer young people over old people. I do not believe this is true because I do not like people sometimes. I do not even go out that much. I sometimes prefer being alone. I mostly hangout with my parents. But it is something that maybe I can learn about myself even though I do think I do. Well I do think that since I will be working mostly with young children. I don't know what the implications I will have in my own classroom.

Age IAT

maddiekuhn13 — 2022-09-28 16:31:34 UTC

I took the age IAT and was very surprised when it said I prefer younger people to older people. I really don't have a preference. In some ways, it does make sense since I want to become a teacher, and I feel like I can talk to them easier. I was also surprised how the test could tell me which I prefer based on pictures and how fast I clicked a button. I think I should just be more open in the future.

Age IAT

mbensing — 2022-09-28 17:28:55 UTC

I took the age IAT and it said I have a moderate preference for younger people over older people. Personally, I do not think I have a preference. As a future educator, I could see myself relating with younger people more, but I still do not believe that I would automatically choose that age group over another. Moving forward I could say that I can try to be more aware if I am having a preference without realizing it. For my future classroom, I can make sure I am not preferencing "older" parents and "younger" students in any given situation.

Race and Weapons

2022-09-28 22:01:46 UTC

I took the IAT race and weapons survey and I had a slight association with blacks and weapons and whites and harmless objects. This quiz has helped me become more aware of my unconscious bias and now that I am aware I can be more careful about it. This is important to know as a teacher because I want to treat all my students equally no matter what background they come from and I want to give them all the same opportunities and see the best in them<3

Skin-tone IAT

regiwill — 2022-09-29 01:21:41 UTC

I took the Skin-tone IAT I was a little surprised that the test said I have a preference for Dark Skinned people over Light Skinned People. I don't really have a preference for skin tones. Moving forward maybe I should be aware of how I interact with people of different skin tones.

Black and White

trispear — 2022-09-29 01:37:52 UTC

I took the IAT on black people and white people. It said that I no implicit bias for one or the other, which I feel pretty proud of. I come from an area of Indiana that is not very tolerant and I grew up around all sorts of people (mostly the racist kind), so I think it is a great thing that I am not like my peers growing up. I think that not only do my experiences help shape the way that I will act in the classroom, but a test like this is always great to know that I can take at any time to see if my bias is changing or remaining the same, and even to make sure that I am at least aware of whatever bias I may have.

Religion IAT

jesjimen — 2022-09-29 01:57:19 UTC

I did the religion IAT because I am not a religious person at all even though me and my family consider ourselves Catholics we rarely go to church or anything that has to do with religion. The results of my IAT were what I thought they would be which was that I had no preference for any religion. I was glad that I got this result because in my classroom I don't want to show that I am biased towards one religion or another and want to be mindful of all religions that are in my classroom and show my students the respect they deserve.

Weight IAT Brock Fozo

2022-09-29 02:21:38 UTC

Brock Fozo- I took the weight bias test. Looking at the results I did not find them too shocking to believe that I scored the way I did. I thought the test was odd pairing negative/positive words with overweight/thin people. But it did reveal that I mentally pair good health with thin and poor/negative attributes with overweight. However now thinking about it too thin can be unhealthy as well. I think my biases had more to do with the fact that I myself am trying to diet and exercise to become healthier. Anyways, I want my students to feel welcomed. I never would openly discuss or encourage harmful discussion to take place. But it makes me more aware of my bias and consider the possible disorders or situations all students may be going through and to treat everyone equally.

Age IAT

taybower — 2022-09-29 15:55:43 UTC

I chose the age IAT and thought I would not have any preference toward one group or the other. While my results did not present a huge automatic preference toward young people, I was still surprised to see I had a 30% strong automatic preference toward younger people. I feel like we all hold biases we tend to not even realize and need to keep this strongly in mind in the classroom so we are mindful and aware. It is also important to realize students also hold biases they may not be aware of as well and that is why they may behave / react in certain ways. This is also something to stay aware and mindful of as a teacher.

Race and Weapons IAT

anarkawi — 2022-09-29 19:10:26 UTC

I took the Race and Weapons IAT. My results were that I had a slight association with blacks and weapons and whites with harmless objects. While, I don't find this to be true by any means. I believe the hardest part of this test was the coordination between the buttons. They switched them halfway through to represent something differently and I often found myself pressing the wrong button on multiple occasions only because my brain was conditioned to associate a button to a category then switched. However, I am now questioning myself on whether or not I do have unconscious bias. I am ashamed that this is even a question in my mind after taking this test. I always want to treat all of my students equally no matter the family or background they come from. It is important that they all feel safe and welcome to learn and are each given the same opportunities! Everyone deserves to have the privilege of learning what music is and how it can change their lives!

Gender-Career IAT

gabrielchavo31 — 2022-09-30 00:46:30 UTC

I took the Gender-Career IAT, and I do not usually identify one gender dominantly to one category but according to this test i do. I had a high percentage association when it came to identifying Men names and Career to Women Names and Family. But then I had a low association percentage when Women names were with Career and Men names with Family. In all honesty this means nothing to me moving forward, my thought process as to women need to be recognized in all fields regularly has not changed. Now socially my mind could be that way especially when I'm moving fast but i highly doubt that. In my classroom, this topic is going to be used and made sure that students understand that there should be no division of gender and pay when it comes to a woman doing the job or a man.

Sexuality & Weight

hkulikow — 2022-09-30 01:19:12 UTC

I took the Gay/Straight IAT as well as the Fat/Thin IAT, and though the results did not necessarily surprise me I was disappointed nonetheless. I chose these because I knew that they were the two that would be most likely to have some sort of bias if any at all, and I'd like to work on overcoming that even if it means facing uncomfortable truths. The IAT revealed that I have a slight automatic preference for gay people and thin people. Being bisexual and thin myself, it makes sense that I might subconsciously favor those who I can identify with the most to a certain degree, but I still feel disappointed that I haven't completely overcome this yet. As a teacher, I could see it being easy to have an inclination towards the students that you identify with the most but as someone who has always enjoyed diversity and learning through each persons different identities and experiences I would like to be free of these subconscious biases. I believe that I've always treated and cared for everyone equally but after taking this test I will be extra cautious to not let subconscious biases influence how I feel or act, and ensure that all students feel welcome no matter what!

Race and Weapons

gormanm4 — 2022-09-30 21:09:11 UTC

My results showed no association with weapons/harmless objects with either race. I am not surprised by my results. Honestly, at this point, just with how our world is, I am surprised I didn't get results that show a high association of weapons with white people. The amount of mass shooting perpetrated by white people, especially white males, is staggeringly high and when compared to mass shooting committed by those of another race.

Race/Weight

bradelio — 2022-10-01 17:30:20 UTC

I learned nothing about myself after taking these tests. It said that I have a slight preference of white people over black people which is simply not true. I grew up around 90% white people and have almost all white friends, which may be why the test said what it said; however, to say that I prefer a certain race is not true. I'd like to believe that I see people based on their character, not race. The weight test said that I have a moderate preference of thin people over fat people. This is slightly true in the fact that all my friends are on the thin side and a lot of the people I interact with are daily gymgoers. Race is something you cannot control, but I believe weight is. This does not mean much to me moving forward, and it has no implications on my own classroom, as I will treat each student equally.

Black/White Race and Sexuality

2022-10-02 00:35:16 UTC

Aaron Rouch here, hello everyone! Sorry for the late post, it is crunch time...

Anyway, I exhibited no bias on the race test and a slight unconscious bias toward straight people. I was surprised that I had no bias in race because I assumed I would have some sort of hard-wired, knee-jerk reactions from growing up white in America, especially in Lakeville, Indiana. I am not surprised I had a slight preference toward heterosexuals because, America, and I am a heterosexual man.

I marked that I slightly prefer the company of, and feel slightly warmer toward black and gay people, which is true in both cases on a conscious level. In aggregate, I have had more per-capita positive interactions with these "other" subgroups than with white heterosexual males like me. I have, however, had the most interactions with straight white people.

It is also worth mentioning that I do not believe in a such thing as "no bias" under any human circumstance. I also noticed the black/white test included strongly feminine faces in the white category and only male or man-like faces in the black, which means the test itself is bias. I had trouble not categorizing female face to aesthetically positive words when the columns switched, which would have likely still been true with black female faces. I also noticeably had trouble not automatically putting "fabulous" in the gay column every time. I don't know what that means...

But anyway, to sum up, I am surprised I wasn't more implicitly racist and the test is bogus to begin with. It was fun though!

Transgender IAT

karline5 — 2022-10-02 00:56:35 UTC

My results from this IAT were that I have a moderate preference for Transgender people over cisgender people. I did not really learn much about myself in this, mainly for the fact that that most of my very close friends are Transgender. I don't generally think I have a distaste for cisgender people or anyone in that matter, but I do know that I tend to have preferences towards people or communities that have gone through so very much, especially to get to where they are. However, I do not believe that this will really affect my classroom, but I will be making sure that it does take away that no matter what their gender identity is, students need to learn and be taught. I am not one to deprive anyone of that.

vheredia13 — 2022-10-02 01:07:00 UTC

My results showed no association with weapons/harmless objects with either race.This quiz has helped me become more aware of my unconscious bias and now that I am aware I can be more careful about it.I liked their idea of using meditation to try to retrain yourself. I will be sure to keep these biases in mind as I move into the classroom and in my life in general.

Young-Old

brlhumph — 2022-10-02 14:47:38 UTC

My results from the IAT suggested that I have a slight automatic preference for young people over old people. This was surprising to me because I never really thought of myself as having this bias. Although, my parents were teen parents as were there parents. This means that most of the adult figures in my life growing up were relatively young, and my grandparents are still not considered elderly yet even to this day. Not really having any major close relationships with elderly people probably created this unconscious bias toward young people. This quiz made me more knowledgeable of how unconscious bias is measurable in our brains. I'm not sure how this information would effect my students, but perhaps it would effect my relationships with my peers if I have an automatic preference toward younger peers.

Religion

devydeck — 2022-10-02 19:46:24 UTC

This was interesting for me in the sense that I know I have a small bias against Christianity but that is the religion I know best, more so than my current religion. It seems like the test had me determine preference between Judaism and Islam. I was worried because I know that I have seen a lot of propaganda against Muslim people and I thought that might affect my results. I ended up having a slight automatic preference for Judaism over Islam. I'm not entirely surprised as this is something I was already aware I need to be conscious of, though it is reassuring knowing I don't hold a more severe automatic bias.

2022-10-03 01:24:47 UTC

I took the test regarding arab - muslim names. My results came back that I have no automatic preference between Arab - Muslim and other people. I think this is very important if I were to ever be a teacher in a culturally diverse school system because there are a lot of stereotypes that go around and are very dangerous to this race. I want to teach my students to not view anyone different just because of their race or religious views.

AGE

conflana1 — 2022-11-26 20:28:41 UTC

I took the test of age bias and found out that I have a preference for young people when compared to old. This came as a little bit of a shock to me. Going in I thought I would have a bias against young people. I was mostly raised with my parents who were considered the old parents and spent a lot of time with my grandparents. I would have thought with how I was brought up that I would not have had a strong bias towards old people. I think this is what my greatest takeaway is, that it is hard to predict your implicit bias. Sometimes even I cannot know how bias I truly am and that is something that I must take into my classroom, trying to be as mindful as possible and eliminating all bias.