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[Harvard personality quiz] Do you have any hidden biases/racism/beliefs?

Discussion in 'Archive: Your Jedi Council Community' started by GrandAdmiralJello , Nov 27, 2006.

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  1. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    My local radio show brought this up with the whole Michael Richards incident, and some researchers are arguing that there is a difference between one's conscious and public beliefs and their subconscious inner beliefs. The notion is that most people tend to see themselves as colorblind and fair-minded individuals while they might innately have their own biased views.

    So the way the test works is by grouping certain terms in two categories. For example, male/female, science/liberal arts, white/black, good/bad etc and it tries to see if there's a hidden bias in the association of those words that people would not normally pick up. The test works by seeing how much time it takes for people to associate terms, so I don't recommend doing this while distracted. Each test takes less than ten minutes tops.

    Here's the link to the test

    Take the results with a grain of salt, as you would with any personality quiz, even if it's a serious thing put up by Harvard.

    EDIT: And don't bug me about the wording of the thread title.
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Nov 27, 2006
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  2. sidious618

    sidious618 Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    That test sent my OCD going like crazy.
     
    sidious618, Nov 27, 2006
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  3. Obi-Zahn Kenobi

    Obi-Zahn Kenobi Force Ghost star 7

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    I
     
    Obi-Zahn Kenobi, Nov 27, 2006
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  4. YoungAngus

    YoungAngus Jedi Master star 5

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    Hmm...so apparantly I hate Jews, Blacks, Mexicans, Asians, Muslims, Eastern Europeans, and Western Europeans.

    But I am apathetic towards Canadians.
     
    YoungAngus, Nov 27, 2006
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  5. Harpua

    Harpua Chosen One star 9

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    Your data suggest a strong association of White Am. with Foreign and Native Am. with American
     
    Harpua, Nov 27, 2006
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  6. Suzuki_Akira

    Suzuki_Akira Jedi Master star 7

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    Race Weapons Results:

    Your data suggest a slight association of European American with Harmless Objects and African American with Weapons compared to African American with Harmless Objects and European American with Weapons.

    Well ****.
     
    Suzuki_Akira, Nov 27, 2006
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  7. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    S_A = owned

    :p
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Nov 27, 2006
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  8. ZebulaNebula

    ZebulaNebula Jedi Master star 5

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    This test seems to be designed around that the premise that our random mistakes hold the key to our subconscious. Very fraudian, I mean Freudian.
     
    ZebulaNebula, Nov 27, 2006
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  9. Suzuki_Akira

    Suzuki_Akira Jedi Master star 7

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    I guess it didn't help that I did this test while listening to gangsta rap...
     
    Suzuki_Akira, Nov 27, 2006
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  10. AaylaSecurOWNED

    AaylaSecurOWNED Jedi Master star 6

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    Your data suggest a strong automatic preference for Thin People compared to Fat People.

    heh.
     
    AaylaSecurOWNED, Nov 27, 2006
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  11. Padawan716

    Padawan716 Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Okay, I'm stuck


    Ethnicity and Race.

    What the hell is my race? Ethnicity is Hispanic/Latino, so am I white? Or "other?"
     
    Padawan716, Nov 27, 2006
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  12. AaylaSecurOWNED

    AaylaSecurOWNED Jedi Master star 6

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    Look at your skin.
     
    AaylaSecurOWNED, Nov 27, 2006
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  13. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    You don't need to actually answer those questions. They don't count, and they don't care if you skip them. :p

    Nebula: They don't count mistakes, but rather the time delays. :p
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Nov 27, 2006
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  14. Padawan716

    Padawan716 Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Doesn't help, I'm not on that list. Good thing I can skip.
     
    Padawan716, Nov 27, 2006
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  15. Souderwan

    Souderwan Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    I just took two of them. Very interesting...[face_thinking]

    Your data suggest a slight association of White Am. with Foreign and Native Am. with American.


    Your data suggest little to no automatic preference between African American and European American. (Me and like 17% of all respondents!)


     
    Souderwan, Nov 27, 2006
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  16. Harpua

    Harpua Chosen One star 9

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    Your data suggest a strong automatic preference for Gay People compared to Straight People.
     
    Harpua, Nov 27, 2006
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  17. Darth Guy

    Darth Guy Chosen One star 10

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    All the test really does is attempt to confuse the person by switching stuff between the two keys. This is considered scientifically valid?
     
    Darth Guy, Nov 27, 2006
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  18. OBI-BEN-KENOBI

    OBI-BEN-KENOBI Jedi Knight star 6

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    Your data suggest a strong automatic preference for European American compared to African American.

    I strongly disagree. That test was dumb. It was all odds.
     
    OBI-BEN-KENOBI, Nov 27, 2006
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  19. YoungAngus

    YoungAngus Jedi Master star 5

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    Oh, that explains your WUL.

    oh.
     
    YoungAngus, Nov 27, 2006
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  20. Harpua

    Harpua Chosen One star 9

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    Wha?

    Why are you reading my WUL? :p
     
    Harpua, Nov 27, 2006
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  21. Quixotic-Sith

    Quixotic-Sith Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    "Your data suggest little to no automatic preference between European American and African American."

    Hah! Take that, whitey!
     
    Quixotic-Sith, Nov 27, 2006
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  22. Padawan716

    Padawan716 Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Your data suggest a strong automatic preference for Abled Persons compared to Disabled Persons.

    The interpretation is described as 'automatic preference for Abled Persons' if you responded faster when Abled Persons images and Good words were classified with the same key than when Disabled Persons images and Good words were classified with the same key. Depending on the magnitude of your result, your automatic preference may be described as 'slight', 'moderate', 'strong', or 'little to no preference'. Alternatively, you may have received feedback that 'there were too many errors to determine a result'.



    Your data suggest a moderate automatic preference for European American compared to African American.

    The interpretation is described as 'automatic preference for European American' if you responded faster when European American faces and Good words were classified with the same key than when African American faces and Good words were classified with the same key. Depending on the magnitude of your result, your automatic preference may be described as 'slight', 'moderate', 'strong', or 'little to no preference'. Alternatively, you may have received feedback that 'there were too many errors to determine a result'.
     
    Padawan716, Nov 27, 2006
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  23. jedikitty19

    jedikitty19 Jedi Knight star 6

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    apprently i had too many errors on my arab and sexual orination tests
     
    jedikitty19, Nov 27, 2006
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  24. Saper

    Saper Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Your data suggest little to no automatic preference between Straight People and Gay People.

    No bias :cool:
     
    Saper, Nov 27, 2006
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  25. AaylaSecurOWNED

    AaylaSecurOWNED Jedi Master star 6

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    kinky
     
    AaylaSecurOWNED, Nov 27, 2006
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