Tolerance

I was very surprised about the IAT results. I did not think that I was bias towards most of the subjects. At first I just thought that it was the order in which the questions were asked and how fast I could react to them. After reading the tutorial, I learned that once stereotypes (or exaggerated beliefs) and prejudices are learned, they resist to any change.
I think that this assignment was used to open up the course of women’s studies because it shows us how the media, culture, and people have transformed our ideas of certain things. I think that we can learn a lot of things from this testing product because it hides our identity as well as our ability to justify our answers. I think that this assignment teaches us that we may think that we are unbiased about a lot of things but the fact is, we have inherited these opinions, prejudgments, and attitudes without even knowing. The tutorial also stated that because we have grown up in a predominately white country, we have formed attachments to our own group.
It is important to think about our prejudices and biases in order to realize that our culture and the media and the people around us have transformed us. It is also important to think about these things so that you can try to change your opinion about people and give everyone an equal chance in your eyes. It is not fair to judge people before you meet them. I do not think that some prejudices and biases are more acceptable than others. If the group or person knew what I was thinking about them, it would hurt their feelings no matter what the opinion was.
I also took the Arab-Muslim IAT and the Sexuality IAT in addition to the Gender-Career test. I picked these tests for no particular reason. I decided to take the Arab-Muslim test simply because my boyfriend is Arab and I feel as though I have learned a lot about their culture. I picked the sexuality test because I wanted to see if I had a strong preference towards straight people. Overall, this experience was really eye opening and the tutorial taught me a lot about how we develop stereotypes, prejudices, and biases.