San Diego City College Implicit Attitude Discussion Paper

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  • Please take the following Implicit Association Test (IAT). For more information on the IAT, please watch the following six minute video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYkd–pcJRo  
  • Go online and take at least 3 Implicit Association Tests (IAT)- this should take 10-15 minutes.
  • To take the IAT, go to: http://implicit.harvard.edu/ 
  • Click on the “Demonstration” link 
  • Then click on “Go to Demonstration Tests” 
  • After reading the preliminary information, click on “I wish to proceed” 
  • Then you will select a test and follow the instructions for how to take the test there 
  • At least 1 test should focus on disability 
  • At least 1 test should focus on race 
  • You may choose the last test from the other categories. 
  • Print and review your results. You must upload your results to Canvas in order to receive credit for this portion of the assignment.
  • Write a 1-2 paragraph statement sharing your reactions to your results. This must also be uploaded to Canvas.  

Part II 

Using your results from the IAT, you will determine what your implicit biases are and interview a person of that age, gender or ability using the questions below. You will also answer the questions for yourself. Once the questions have been answered, you will write a paper comparing your responses to the responses of the person you interviewed. There is not a page limit, but it must be thorough and in-depth. You will need to include your reaction to their responses and how they are the same or different from your own.You will also need to reflect on your experience doing the interview, and how it may or may not have changed an opinion you have or had about the other person’s culture, gender, age or ability. Lastly, include why you think it would be important to reflect on your own upbringing and get to know the upbringing of the families in your schools.

Questions: 

  • What year were you born? 
  • How would you define your culture? 
  • What is your birth order (first, middle, last)? 
  • How did your birth order play a role in how you grew up (more responsibilities, less responsibilities, etc.)? 
  • What were some of the beliefs and values of your family?
  • What are some stereotypes that people might have about your culture, race, and ethnicity? Did those positively or negatively impact you growing up? 
  • What were some of your experiences in school? Were they positive or negative? How did they impact how you grew up? 
  • Were there any community programs that you were involved in? What was your role?
  • Were there any world events happening that impacted how you grew up? What was the impact? 
  • Do you still have some of the same beliefs and values now, as an adult? 
  • What changed and stayed the same? Why? 
  • Do you believe that your experiences and relationships played a role in how you developed your beliefs and values? Why or why not? 

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*Part one i did three IAT test for race, disability and wight and i will attached the result for the test so you can check it and Write 2 paragraph statement sharing my reactions to my results

*Part

tow as mentioned in the assignment you should do what mentioned in part

tow of the assignment. for clarification : interview a person with 

another culture like Mexico and compare the result of 12 

question mentioned in part tow and do the same for me (answer the 12 

question) note that i have an Arab culture and my age is 53 years