implicit association tests

[alouicious]

so i took all of these demonstration tests at https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/ for a class project and i am glad it is over. i have huge test taking anxiety and the whole process sucked. my desire to give the "right" answer is enormous and it was extremely frustrating.

Comments

[boymaenad]

re 1, I prefer abled persons to disabled persons, as a category, because in my experience, disabled persons are less likely to share my odd strain of personal cultural reference points. in fact, in my experience being lumped with disabled persons in special assistance PE in elementary school, they generally weren't as bright and motivated and shiny as I like my friends to be, and trying to talk with them frustrated me and/or freaked me out. but I don't think this makes me a bad person. it just means I like steering toward the folks I have the best clickage with

[stacymckenna]

1 - I would be totally unsurprised to score significant preference for ability over disability. I am highly geared to efficiency and competency, things not supported by most disabilities, be they based on congenital, social, age, or any other source. I find myself frustrated when having to cope with those who suffer a physical or mental delay, even if I don't find them "at fault" so to speak. Having a cousin with severe cerebral palsy that limits her mental and physical capabilities has taught me patience with it, but also pointed out to me where I am not impartial about it. Being married to an OT, I'm obviously a bit more educated about many disabilities than the general public, but I'm also therefore more self-aware about which I can cope with gracefully, and which I can't