Implicit Association Test Pros And Cons

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Prior to taking the Implicit Association Test, I did not feel that I had many biases. I am an open minded person and have a live and let live general attitude towards life. I reviewed the topic options and chose Gender-Career as my topic. As I suspected the results were that I had little to no automatic association between female and male with career and family. Feeling pretty confident in my belief that I am a progressive woman, I decided to continue on to other topics on the list. The next topic that I selected was Sexuality. The results were not what I expected. I align myself in favor of equal rights for gay people, I voted to legalize gay marriage but my unconscious bias towards gay people opposes my stated opinions. The results of

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