Implicit Association Test Essay Example

do not feel that I discriminate against someone who is cumbersome.

Weight based biases have negative consequences on people who are overweight in the United States. Some people become suicidal, they may have low self-esteem as well as poor body image. Being overweight or morbidly obese is rarely associated with happiness or good health. I think this could explain one reason for my results. Unconsciously I was agreeing with the stereotype of overweight people. When I took the test, I was consciously aware that I had a quicker response when I was required to match thin with good. That is what I have been told my entire life.

By doctors who constantly told me I needed to lose weight and by my mother who expressed that I would be so much more comfortable with myself if I just weighed 50 pounds lighter. The results are valid whether I believe them or not. Somewhere in my mind I have placed larger people second behind the thinner ones. If I was living in an environment that held larger people in a higher esteem the result of my subconscious mind may have chosen the fat/positive word grouping over the thin/positive word grouping. I believe that prejudice is hard to measure.

Based on my results I am showing a negative prejudice for fat images. But though I do not want to be overweight, does not mean that I do not like overweight people. I am an advocate for obesity and feel very compassionate when speaking about my past weight problem. I think it is also hard to measure because a person who is truly prejudice against

a group or individual may hide his feelings for the hatred against them.

References

1. Harvard Research Team, (2011), Project Implicit, Retrieved from https://implicit. harvard. edu/implicit/demo/selectatest. html