A primary portion of the Implicit Associate Test (IAT) aims to help the participant become more aware of their racial prejudices, based on instinctiveness when presented with four word-pairings. For my test, combinations alternately coupled African-American or European-American with either good or bad. Its basis is grounded in the relative speed of the participant’s responses, in that hypothetically, quicker responses would indicate a preference of one race over the other. This preference was further dissected into “strong, moderate, slight, or little,” preference. No preference between either - which is the result I received - is also a potential outcome.
One initial critique was that the test’s description immediately shares findings based
One initial critique was that the test’s description immediately shares findings based