Week Two Checkpoint: Implicit Association Test After taking part in the Implicit Association Test‚ where I chose to take the race test‚ my results suggest that I have a slight automatic preference for European Americans compared to African. Although it is difficult to admit‚ I would have to somewhat agree with these findings. Upon first seeing the results‚ my immediate thoughts‚ were‚ “this can’t be right!” I thought that‚ “this test doesn’t take into account a person’s mindset at the time
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Critical Essay Memento Memento is a very confusing movie if watched for the first time. It even starts off confusing at the very beginning. The way the movie is sequence will most likely have you watching it over again to find out how it was sequence if you’re that interested‚ but if you watch the movie for a minute you will catch on to what’s going
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What if we can go inside our minds to find out why we think what we think. The implicit association test was created for just that. The goal is to educate the public about hidden biases and measure attitudes and beliefs that people are unwilling or unable to report. We as humans hold certain beliefs or feelings back when they are brought up around certain people due to natural reactions. I aim to analyze and discuss my own IAT results and explain what they mean to me personally. My personal thoughts
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In Gendler’s paper‚ On the Epistemic Costs of Implicit Bias‚ the dilemma between social knowledge and unfair treatment is presented and discussed. Gendler starts by presenting information on base rates and how background information that can show to be extremely important can be mentally dismissed since our minds are not trained for statistical calculations of chance. Then‚ she speaks directly to the reader on how categorizing is something that we all do‚ in order to prove her point that mere knowledge
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Implicit Association Test Jason Garner ETH/125 04/29/2012 HELENE HUTCHINS Implicit Association Test * If you are comfortable sharing‚ what was the result of your IAT? * * I do for the most part feel comfortable sharing my results‚ but I do feel a little uncomfortable as well because I was a little surprised by my results. According to the Test I have a slight automatic preference for European American compared to African American. I don’t know if that is true because I don’t
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A Comparison of Implicit and Explicit Measures of Weight Bias Renee Szostak Abstract In the present study‚ the results of the fat-thin Implicit Association Test (IAT) were compared with the results of explicit surveys in ten Indiana University undergraduates. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant correlation between subjects’ results on the IAT and their responses in the explicit survey. Our survey was designed to measure the same bias that the IAT was measuring
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Snyder v. Turk p40 Procedural History: Lower court entered a directed verdict for Dr. Turk b/c there was an absence of evidence that he intended to inflict personal injury Directed verdict: a ruling by a trial judge taking a case from the jury b/c the evidence will permit only one reasonable verdict (after trial) -testing sufficiency of evidence (enough facts to prove elements) Issue: Did Dr. Turk intend to commit a battery when he touched D but did not intend personal injury? -Does
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Procedural Programming vs Object Oriented Programming When writing code for a program it is very important to make sure that you use the best language for what the client needs. Prior to making a decision on what language to use‚ a programmer needs to decide which method he or she wants to use. The two most common methods used by coders in the field today are procedural and object oriented programming (OOP). Making the decision to use an incorrect option could run cause problems during the maintenance
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After performing procedural due process first I would review statements and evidence to decide if the search of the locker is justified at the inception or reasonable in scope. When looking over both options I would make a decision that the search would be reasonable in scope. Immediately after making the decision to search John’s locker I would call him into the office and inform him that his locker will be search with me‚ him and another colleague of the administrative team. At that moment I
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justice in a procedural sense. John Rawls believed that justice is based upon the fairness of the process‚ for all‚ and that not outcome justifies evil means. Justice as fairness is the main theme throughout his work‚ Machiavelli‚ on the other hand‚ argued that the means are immaterial when the outcome benefits the ruler. Justice is based upon the absolute rule of the Prince. Death Note depicts many of the theories that these two theorists had. There is a narrative of a lack of procedural justice and
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