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[ghosts_on_tv42]

I need experimental subjects for a psych project.  The whole thing takes about 20 minutes.  I'd really appreciate anyone's help.

Basically, I'm comparing individuals' beliefs about their own social biases with the results of something called the implicit association test (IAT).  Other students have chosen to measure biases regarding race, gender,

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[anonymous]

Your data suggest a slight automatic association between Self and Conservative.

Your data suggest a strong automatic preference for Justice compared to Injustice.

1) Homosexuals are a threat to society.
false
2) Heterosexuals are close-minded.
false
3) Most of my friends are heterosexual.
true
4) Given the choice, I would rather spend time with a gay person than with a straight person.
false
5) Homosexuality is unnatural.
false
6) I would trust a gay person more than a straight person.
false
7) Given the choice, I would rather spend time with a straight person than with a gay person.
false
8) Exclusive heterosexuality is unnatural.
false
9) I would trust a straight person more than a gay person.
false
10) I find it easier to get along with straight people.
false
11) Homosexuality is wrong.
false
12) Gay people should not raise children.
false

[ext_128853]

Done. I kind of take issue with some of the questions, though: in particular #4 and #7 (I can't honestly answer true or false--it wouldn't matter to me either way, and I feel like answering "false" more closely implies "I would rather spend time with THE OTHER kind of person" than it does "I would rather spend time with anyone), and by the same reasoning though not as strongly, #6, #9, and #10. I don't know, a lot of them are very difficult to answer just with a true or false and still be honest. Anyways:

1. False
2. False (more accurately, "not necessarily true")
3. True (though proportionally I have more homosexual friends than population distribution predicts)
4. False (I wouldn't care either way)
5. Unknown (I have no knowledge of it's "naturalness")
6. False (I wouldn't care either way)
7. False (I wouldn't care either way)
8. Unknown (See #5)
9. False (I wouldn't care either way)
10. False (I wouldn't care either way)
11. False
12. False

[ext_128853]

Way to blow the anonymous thing. This is science here.

[ghosts_on_tv42]

Actually, I was trying to structure the questions precisely to avoid that sort of ambiguity in the interpretation of responses - Answering false isn't on 4 and 7 isn't supposed to apply that you have the OPPOSITE preference, just that you don't believe you have the preference indicated in the question. In general, false answers are more meant to imply neutrality - there are other questions to address whether you have a preference for the other kind of person.

Incidentally, my instructors were pretty bad about addressing that problem. I'm using a totally different scoring system from what they recommended.

Thanks for helping out by the way - did you do the IAT?

[anonymous]

1) Homosexuals are a threat to society.
False
2) Heterosexuals are close-minded.
False
3) Most of my friends are heterosexual.
True
4) Given the choice, I would rather spend time with a gay person than with a straight person.
False
5) Homosexuality is unnatural.
False
6) I would trust a gay person more than a straight person.
False
7) Given the choice, I would rather spend time with a straight person than with a gay person.
False
8) Exclusive heterosexuality is unnatural.
False
9) I would trust a straight person more than a gay person.
False
10) I find it easier to get along with straight people.
False
11) Homosexuality is wrong.
False
12) Gay people should not raise children.
False

Your data suggest a strong automatic association between Self and Liberal.

Your data suggest a strong automatic preference for Justice compared to Injustice.

[anonymous]

Answer true or false:

1) Homosexuals are a threat to society.

False

2) Heterosexuals are close-minded.

False

3) Most of my friends are heterosexual.

True

4) Given the choice, I would rather spend time with a gay person than with a straight person.

False

5) Homosexuality is unnatural.

False

6) I would trust a gay person more than a straight person.

False

7) Given the choice, I would rather spend time with a straight person than with a gay person.

False

8) Exclusive heterosexuality is unnatural.

True

9) I would trust a straight person more than a gay person.

False

10) I find it easier to get along with straight people.

True

11) Homosexuality is wrong.

False

12) Gay people should not raise children.

False

[ghosts_on_tv42]

Thanks for filling out the questions, but there's a part B... look back to the link I posted (the one that's up there now is correct). The whole point of this experiment is to compare the results of the two tests, so its really important that you do both parts.