Sunday, September 20, 2009

IAT Age and Race Tests

IAT Age Test:
The results after taking the Age test surprised me only a bit actually. It gave me the result that I moderately preferred younger people as to older. This statement is both true and false. It's true in the sense that I would prefer someone closer to my age group to be around, and false because i love old people. I think old people are adorable and warm hearted, having so much wisdom to pass on, I would never see them as anything less than a person just because they are old. Sometimes I would prefer younger people just because they can relate to me better and understand situations form this generation. Overall, I was kind of surprised that this test made me feel like I hated old people when I really don't, but I can see how i would prefer young to old.

IAT RACE TEST:
I thought that the results of this test were a little closer than that of the other. I got the result saying I SLIGHTLY prefer white people over African Americans, which I believe is semi true. I wouldn't say that I like white people more, cause I don't, but when it come to hanging out I seem to have more in common with white people over African Americans. I think it's because they share the same culture as me. I like hanging out with African Americans too because the people I talk to and that are around me that are black make me just as happy as the white people do. I just happen to have more white friends because I grew up with being surrounded by white people. Overall, I wasn't super shocked with these result because i can see how I hangout with white people more.

No comments:

Post a Comment