CheckPoint: Implicit Association Test
Resource: the Harvard-Hosted Implicit Association Test (IAT)
Complete the Harvard-Hosted IAT using the following instructions. The test should take about 10 minutes to complete.
Navigate to the Project Implicit® homepage at https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/ and click Demonstration.
At the IAT home page, click on the Go to the Demonstration Tests link.
At the Measure Your Attitudes page, find and click on the I wish to proceed link.
You are prompted to select a test. Take one of the following IAT tests:
Race IAT
Arab-Muslim IAT
Native IAT
Asian IAT
Skin-tone IAT
Post a 200- to 300-word summary answering all of the following questions:
What is the result of your IAT? Do you think the test produced valid results in your case?
In your opinion, is it difficult to accurately measure prejudice? Why?
Describe other measurements sociologists utilize to calculate prejudice.