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Title: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: clockworkgirl21 on January 16, 2012, 02:57:26 am: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/selectatest.html

So far, I'm told I slightly prefer young over old, and I strongly associate career with male and family with female. Not surprising, since I grew up having the Bible cited at me.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: Jack Mann on January 16, 2012, 03:25:57 am: I think pretty much everyone is at least a little subconsciously racist/sexist/ageist.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: QueenofHearts on January 16, 2012, 03:36:29 am: I got slightly racist (preferring whites to blacks) with a moderate preference for Democrats. Are we all taking the same test?

EDIT: I mean, mine didn't say anything about age or sex. Hence my asking?
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: Jack Mann on January 16, 2012, 03:38:22 am: They have several different tests.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: Sleepy on January 16, 2012, 04:09:55 am: I think a portion of it is bullshit, considering you're going to make mistakes when you're used to certain categories being on one side of the screen.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: Undecided on January 16, 2012, 12:11:05 pm: Quote from: Sleepy on January 16, 2012, 04:09:55 am
I think a portion of it is bullshit, considering you're going to make mistakes when you're used to certain categories being on one side of the screen.
That's likely one of the issues they're controlling for when they alternate categories.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: deadpandoubter on January 16, 2012, 01:36:55 pm: Quote
Your data suggest a slight implicit preference for Black People compared to White People.
Your data suggest a slight implicit preference for Barack Obama compared to Michele Bachmann.

Hu-uh. I thought for sure I'd reveal a disgusting anti-black part of myself...
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on January 16, 2012, 03:11:48 pm: Quote
Your data suggest a strong implicit preference for Black People compared to White People.
Your data suggest little to no difference in implicit preference between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.

I guess those Freepers were right when they said I worshipped minorities!

To be honest though, the pictures of the white people and the black people were... well... in black and white. And I don't differentiate faces that well - I've walked up to complete strangers before thinking they were friends.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: Sigmaleph on January 16, 2012, 03:43:24 pm: I've done a handful of implicit association tests before, but to be honest I don't remember the results. I think they were on politics and religion.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: deadpandoubter on January 16, 2012, 04:05:21 pm: The thread title is starting to distract me...it's conscious, not conscience, dammit! Also, dunno how true it is (care to tell me, psych people?) but one psychology professor said that Freud had called it the UNconscious, not the SUBconscious.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: Cataclysm on January 16, 2012, 06:19:23 pm: "There were too many errors made to determine a result."
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: TheL on January 16, 2012, 06:42:49 pm: You have completed the Gender - Career IAT.
Your Result
Your data suggest a moderate association of Male with Career and Female with Family compared to Female with Career and Male with Family.

You have completed the Gay - Straight IAT.
Your Result
Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for Gay People compared to Straight People.

Hmm.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: anti-nonsense on January 16, 2012, 08:11:03 pm: apparently I really hate Newt, and I slightly prefer whites to blacks. I'd be interested in my results with a minority we actually have a lot of here, such as Chinese people.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: maanantai on January 17, 2012, 07:29:35 am: So my political part was too full of errors (that's what you get when you're testing tired! And not actually knowing the candidates by face) and apparently I slightly prefer white people over black.

And what did I learn today? Nothing.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: Smurfette Principle on January 18, 2012, 03:15:47 am: No preference for gay vs. straight. Huh.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: StallChaser on January 18, 2012, 05:11:01 am: Your data suggest a slight implicit preference for Black People compared to White People.
Your data suggest a slight implicit preference for Barack Obama compared to Mitt Romney.

Well, I guess Mittens is one of the less repugnant Republicans out there (not that that's saying much). It probably means more "I'm a good test taker" than anything else.
Title: Re: Is your sub-conscience ageist? Racist? Sexist?
Post by: calee022 on January 18, 2012, 07:56:17 am: No matter WHAT that old black women said, I am NOT ageist, racist, or sexist. She did have nice tits though.