Implicit Bias Quiz Blog #3

I took three Implicit Bias quizzes which included Gender-Science, Sexuality, and Age. These quizzes consisted of multiple fast paced pictures or words that you would have to quickly relate to certain categories according to your instinct and reflex. I do not think I was shocked by any of my results. The results were what I predicted them to be for the most part which makes sense according to the way I grew up, my lifestyle, and what I typically categorize myself as.

The first quiz I took was the Gender-Science IAT. This quiz looked at whether or not I felt there is a link with women to liberal arts and men to science. My results showed that I think that there is little or no association between female and male with science and liberal arts. I think this is pretty accurate relating to how I think about things normally. Since I am a female and a science major, I am typically surrounded with science-related classes and situations rather that those related to liberal arts. I really have no interest in the liberal arts so I think that is probably why I also did not associate the liberal art words toward one gender over the other because I am not familiar with those words that much and am not surrounded by it. I think this is the reason why I feel that there is no association with gender and science or liberal arts. I am typically surrounded by both men and women in the science field and I think, personally, being a woman in the field allowed for this result of being able to recognize and correlate the science words with both genders equally. I think this result shows that I will be able to work with both genders equally because I do not see any difference in gender when it comes to liberal arts or science and I will be accepting of all genders no matter what the subject matter is.

The second quiz I took was the Sexuality IAT. This quiz  revealed automatic preference either to those who are straight over those who are gay. I was not that surprised by my results of being more preferential toward those who are straight. I do not think these results showcase that I have negative thoughts towards those who are gay because I respect and accept everyone equally, but I think that it shows which I would prefer based on who I relate to more and who I have been surrounded by more in my life. I think that I got this result because throughout my life I have been surrounded by more straight people. For instance, all of my family and close friends are straight and majority of the area I grew up in consisted of those who identified as straight. Additionally, I identify myself as straight so I think that also effected my results. Although my results show that I am more preferential to those who are straight, I do not think this will cause a problem when working with others. I have worked with both straight and gay people in the past and have gotten along with everyone equally. I personally have never had a problem getting along with and working well with those who are of either category and I do not think I will have problems in the future with people based on their sexuality.

The third quiz I took was the Age IAT. This quiz showed whether or not we had preference to those who are young or old. My results showed that I have slight automatic preference for those who are young. I find this slightly shocking because I thought I was going to have equal preference to those who are young and old. Instead my results showed a slight preference toward those who are young which, now that I see my results, kind of makes sense. Since I am categorized as young based on my age and surrounded by younger people around college on a day-to-day basis, I probably was able to recognize and identify better with those who are younger. Although, I identify and have preference towards those who are young, based on this quiz, I do not think these results will change the way I work with others. I have worked at a job before where I was one of two who were considered young and I still got along and worked well with those who were older. This is probably why my results showed only a slight preference to those who are young rather than a strong preference. I think the only reason I received slight preference toward those who are young is because I can relate to them a little better and I am also young myself.