Assignment On IAT
Week 2 Assignment: IAT
*Do you agree with the results of your IAT?
I somewhat agree, but in reality in my opinion this test does not tell me or anyone as to what type of person that I am or may be. This in my opinion is just another statistical test to formulate percentages of what society wants. I agree because it was close in nature to my thoughts and other actions that I am as person is portrayed to be. This does not tell me what I as a person exactly thinks or may not think according to the subject at hand.
*If you are comfortable sharing, what was the result of your IAT? If you are not comfortable sharing, what was your impression of the IAT?
My overall impression of the IAT was that I had a good experience with the test and thought …show more content…
I know that no one is perfect and GOD didn’t intend for anyone to be perfect. No one has the right to judge anyone that it the reason that I don’t. The other reason is because of the way that I was raised and for the most part I have all sort of body types in my family and who’s to say that if I was a judgmental person that the person that I am judging is my own family member. I know that everyone has feelings and that feelings tend to get hurt and some people are more emotional than others. I know that judging people can lead to one committing …show more content…
Why?
I think that prejudice is easy to measure because at some point or another there are people that may like something about a person or may not like a person just because of something simple like the way that one wears their hair or the type of clothing that they might wear. Also as I have done research of how prejudice is measured I have gathered the following “As the fields of diversity research and practice in education have grown, the need for useful assessment tools also has increased (Garcia, Hudgins, McTighe Musil, Nettles, Sedlacek, & Smith, 2001; Hale 2004). We need to move beyond simple descriptive data to higher levels of thinking, planning, and executing our research and programs. The purpose of this article is to discuss five measurement methods that can be useful in various contexts in diversity work. They are all available at no cost and they allow for better assessment of our work for ourselves and for those we serve.” (William E. Sedlacek; University of
*Do you agree with the results of your IAT?
I somewhat agree, but in reality in my opinion this test does not tell me or anyone as to what type of person that I am or may be. This in my opinion is just another statistical test to formulate percentages of what society wants. I agree because it was close in nature to my thoughts and other actions that I am as person is portrayed to be. This does not tell me what I as a person exactly thinks or may not think according to the subject at hand.
*If you are comfortable sharing, what was the result of your IAT? If you are not comfortable sharing, what was your impression of the IAT?
My overall impression of the IAT was that I had a good experience with the test and thought …show more content…
I know that no one is perfect and GOD didn’t intend for anyone to be perfect. No one has the right to judge anyone that it the reason that I don’t. The other reason is because of the way that I was raised and for the most part I have all sort of body types in my family and who’s to say that if I was a judgmental person that the person that I am judging is my own family member. I know that everyone has feelings and that feelings tend to get hurt and some people are more emotional than others. I know that judging people can lead to one committing …show more content…
Why?
I think that prejudice is easy to measure because at some point or another there are people that may like something about a person or may not like a person just because of something simple like the way that one wears their hair or the type of clothing that they might wear. Also as I have done research of how prejudice is measured I have gathered the following “As the fields of diversity research and practice in education have grown, the need for useful assessment tools also has increased (Garcia, Hudgins, McTighe Musil, Nettles, Sedlacek, & Smith, 2001; Hale 2004). We need to move beyond simple descriptive data to higher levels of thinking, planning, and executing our research and programs. The purpose of this article is to discuss five measurement methods that can be useful in various contexts in diversity work. They are all available at no cost and they allow for better assessment of our work for ourselves and for those we serve.” (William E. Sedlacek; University of