I've used the IAT site as well. Once I used the race one specifically, and since then I have let students choose which of the tests to take (there's a page on the site with a whole list of topics).
Something really interesting happened last semester and a number of students chose to take the weight (fat-thin preference) test. I have students write a reaction paper to the exercise - what test they took, how they thought they'd score, if they were surprised by the results, etc. I thought that one of the student's explanations for why she chose the weight test was really interesting. She said she chose weight because she was scared to find out what other, more politically incorrect, biases she held. I had just had a guest speaker lecturing about gender biases in hiring and I think that she freaked the students out. They didn't want to know if they were guilty of the awful things the guest speaker was lecturing about. I find students get a lot out of it if there's a discussion, but also a private opportunity for them to react because it's a topic that so many people are edgy about. From: "Tina Deshotels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Robert Greene'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: IAT Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:32:12 -0500 I've used the IAT in class and got good results. It makes people uncomfortable though because we would all like to think we're not racist and the IAT generally debunks this idea. I use the IAT in conjunction with a piece on racism in the English language (let me know if you need the site for this). These go good together because students will often say that racism in the language (e.g. black balled, black sheep, white lie etc) doesn't have any impact.....hmmm, the IAT would say well maybe so! Tina -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Greene Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 2:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: TEACHSOC: IAT Hi everyone, I found this today in a book I was reading. The Implicit Administration Test (IAT) and the author spent considerable time discussing the Race IAT. I was wondering who has used this in class and how to handle the ethical dilemma of presenting this research. Also, what kind of criticism it has drawn. Thanks! Here is the website for those not familiar with it. www.implicit.harvard.edu _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
