Blog #3

    For this blog the three project implicit bias quizzes were weight IA T, age IA T, gender-career IA T.  All three of these test reminded me of a quick thinking memory game.

      First test I took was the weight IA T and I wasn’t surprised with my results.  Project Implicit said “Your data suggest little to no automatic preference between Fat People and Thin People” (project implicit/ harvard.edu).  I believe that the results agree with how I am as a person towards others.  In the experience I have with athletics, training, and career is where I see may have shaped this result.  With athletic sports in particular I have always tried to include everyone in the game no matter what their physical appearance.  Along the lines of training and career they go hand in hand with the results.  For instance, I previously worked and helped train at a gym where we wanted everyone no matter their physical appearance to reach their goals.  To understand yourself especially working in a gym environment is very important.  In that atmosphere you begin to understand who you are then you are able to help others.

     The second test I took was age IA T and again I wasn’t surprised with my results.  The results again came up as no preference between young and old.  For this test I believe that my position in my family is a big factor in why I got these results.  In my immediate family I am the oldest of three and my experiences I can see came into factor.  For example, being the oldest of two younger siblings you begin to take on responsibilities so that you are looked up to as a role model.  In doing this as a young child absorbing and looking up to those older people for guidance.  Those people more often or not for myself were my parents and grandparents.  To relate to young as well I believe it means just being a kid and socializing with people the same age as you get older.  The balance I have between the two will help while working with others throughout life.  A big way that having no automatic preference between the two ages was when I worked for Disney.  During my internship I worked with multiple different age groups from old to young coworkers to guests of all ages.  In that experience I learned how valuable it is to know who you are so you can relate your experience with others.

     The third test I took was gender-career IA T and this test result didn’t surprise either.  This result came back with no automatic preference as well between gender roles of career and family.  I think this relates back to the way I was brought up and raised in my family.  As a child I believe it is your parents who teach you how to perceive who should be doing what roles in the family.  Through my experience I believe at young age I was exposed to both genders in high positions in both career and family.  Other experience I have that could relate to my results are in the jobs that I have had while growing up.  Many of the jobs I had displayed both women and men in all types of career positions.  With this test it helps assist working with others because when you don’t see one gender over another you are able to treat everyone equally.

    Overall after taking the three test and agreeing with the results I still do not believe this is the best way to find out for yourself.  I think the tests I took may help aid in discovering what you prefer but what is going to help is having experiences through life.  Being face to face with all different types of people and seeing who you connect better with then others.