Implicit Association Test
Jennifer Johnson
ETH/125
November 27, 2010
Leah J. Mancuso
Implicit Association Test
My result of IAT is about the same as I am. I results say that I treat everything equally and fairly. This was very all the tests. I think it was correct because I do not judge people at all. I think that it depends on how you see people. I think it depends on the person doing it and reflexes. Each answer requires the person to push a button on race or group. I think reflexes make this seem unbiased. I think people who do this test think it is not correct because it is based on attitude towards a group. I think it depends how I look it in general. I think people misjudge this test because of the way it is. It is works for …show more content…
Some psychologists use a series of questions and relate them back to a scale. This scale is called the likert. "A common scale used by psychologists to uses questionnaires and survey research to specificy the responses of level of agreement." (Answers Corporation, 2010) I think sociologist can use this scale as well. Another way they measure prejudice is the Bogardus social distance scale. "This scale does measure a person's degree of closeness with members of diverse social groups." (Answers Corporation, 2010) Those are two ways of measuring prejudice in sociologist. I like the test when just took can be used as well but not as accurate to the others ones. I think using these methods would work if they took the time to check in to them and use them right. I think this would be good for all of them to use both of them. Using scale is trying to measure something but sometimes it does not work as well. I think they may have some flaws to these scales because of the rating system. I think if they keep using them and try to measure prejudice correctly. These scales might work in the end. Reference
Answers Corporation. (2010). the Likert Scale. Retrieved from
Jennifer Johnson
ETH/125
November 27, 2010
Leah J. Mancuso
Implicit Association Test
My result of IAT is about the same as I am. I results say that I treat everything equally and fairly. This was very all the tests. I think it was correct because I do not judge people at all. I think that it depends on how you see people. I think it depends on the person doing it and reflexes. Each answer requires the person to push a button on race or group. I think reflexes make this seem unbiased. I think people who do this test think it is not correct because it is based on attitude towards a group. I think it depends how I look it in general. I think people misjudge this test because of the way it is. It is works for …show more content…
Some psychologists use a series of questions and relate them back to a scale. This scale is called the likert. "A common scale used by psychologists to uses questionnaires and survey research to specificy the responses of level of agreement." (Answers Corporation, 2010) I think sociologist can use this scale as well. Another way they measure prejudice is the Bogardus social distance scale. "This scale does measure a person's degree of closeness with members of diverse social groups." (Answers Corporation, 2010) Those are two ways of measuring prejudice in sociologist. I like the test when just took can be used as well but not as accurate to the others ones. I think using these methods would work if they took the time to check in to them and use them right. I think this would be good for all of them to use both of them. Using scale is trying to measure something but sometimes it does not work as well. I think they may have some flaws to these scales because of the rating system. I think if they keep using them and try to measure prejudice correctly. These scales might work in the end. Reference
Answers Corporation. (2010). the Likert Scale. Retrieved from