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Hidden Bias test
Hidden Bias result on preference on preference between thin people and fat people was pretty to what I anticipated. The item that influenced my score on IAT was my conscious knowledge about the topic. The IAT result reflects on my automatic thoughts along with feelings concerning the topic. On my opinion, the experience was interesting. Many of the answers that I gave were addressed for the last ten years. In that many preferred being, thin to being fat. According to Project implicit (1998, p.1), fat people are most associated with obesity.
These results were as follow
- 25 % strongly preferred thin people to fat people
- 27 % moderately prefer thin people to fat people
- 18 % slightly prefer thin people
- 19% little to no automatic preference between the two
- 7 % slightly prefer fat people
- 4 % moderately prefer fat people
- 1 % prefer fat people
What can be done to address the concerns of prejudice and bias in your life and/or environment?
Five things can be done in addressing the concern of prejudice and bias in an individual and environment. These include:
1) Deal with any element of prejudice.
2) Step in, in understanding the root of prejudice in my life
3) Ask my friends how they view my ability in distinguishing friends
4) Share with someone that can positively influences me to change
5) Being committed to change
Overall consistent or inconsistent with Allport’s theory of prejudice
In psychology, there are theories that address the issue of prejudice. For instance, Allport viewed prejudice as a situational threat that is posed by negative stereotypes. In my opinion, I perceive Allport thoughts towards prejudice. He assed that, if one is prejudiced towards a group of people, there is likelihood of being prejudice towards other groups. In additional, he assed that, no one is born with prejudice but it is acquired with time (Zeeberg, 1997, p10).
He further explained that, prejudice and discrimination is expressed in escalating forms of violence. This violence eventually leads to spoken abuse that he called “Antilocution”, Racism and violence against people and property.
Allport’s perspective on how attitudes like bias and prejudice relate to one’s personality and style of thinking.
In 1954, Allport presented a theory that showed how attitudes like bias and prejudice relate to one’s personality and style of thinking. Prejudice elevates a false identity of self-worth making an individual think he is more important. This may lead to the person discriminating in erasing his importance and self-esteem (Carducci, 2009, p15)
Allport opinion on how tolerance group differences in an individual can be learned
Tolerance of group differences can be learned. Various tools have been discussed in Allport theory in increasing tolerance in an individual despite of group differences (Teaching tolerance, 1999, p.1).These include the following:
- Attend an event whose race is different from your own.
- Take a conversion in another language that is spoken in your community
- Buy tolerance books, magazines and films to help improve tolerance.
- Value input of every individual.
- Establish a personal policy of doing away with discrimination and self-worth.
- Encouraging community activist to fight discrimination
- Parents, faith leaders, teachers and community leaders can assist children in molding their values, beliefs in a lovely and supportive ways.
References
Carducci, B.J.(2009). The Psychology of Personality: Viewpoints, Research, and Applications. California: Wiley-Blackwell. P11
Project implicit.(1998). Project Implicit Information Site.pp1
Teaching tolerance. (1999). Test Yourself for Hidden Bias. Professional development. pp1
Zeeberg,B.R.(1997). The Nature of Prejudice: A Philosophical, Sociological, and Biological Evolutionary Inquiry into the Relationship of External Reality and the Human Brain. New York: Barry Zeeberg.p10
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