Abstract
This assignment encourages students to evaluate race as a systemic social problem in American society and, most importantly, to understand how it influences them throughout their daily lives. Students take the Implicit Association Test (IAT), which measures favorability of a racial category and measures attitudes and beliefs that people may be unwilling...Download this resource to see full details. Download this resource to see full details.
Details
- Subject Area(s):
- Racial and Ethnic Relations
- Resource Type(s):
- Assignment
- Class Level(s):
- Any Level
- Class Size(s):
- Any
Usage Notes
(1) Although the assignment allows students to choose which test to take, we suggest that instructors limit the options based on the demographic make-up of the school and region/city. For instance, because Birmingham Alabama has a large African American population, we decided to allow students to choose between the "race" test and the "skin tone" test....Download this resource to see full details. Download this resource to see full details.
Learning Goals and Assessments
Learning Goal(s):
- Show students their own implicit bias.
- Increase understanding of micro and macro level implications of implicit biases.
Goal Assessment(s):
- Whether or not they took the test. They will not be able to write a paper without taking the test online.
- Graded paper.
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