- How did you react to your results? Were you surprised? Angry or hurt? Pleased? Discuss what you felt and why you think you felt what you did.
I was greatly surprised when I got my results because it was not what I was expecting at all and I got very frustrated with the test and the results. I was not pleased with my results because it was not what I expected or wanted to see at all. The first test was more understandable but my second one was way off.
Do you believe that your test results say something about you that you should pay attention to? Why or why not?
I do not think it does. Because I feel like I know myself better than what a test says. Also I feel like a got false answers because once I would get one answer wrong I would get flustered and kept messing up.For the race IAT it seemed to be more accurate and is definitely something I have partly noticed in the past but is definitely something I know I should pay more attention to and I will start to; but even though it was more true it was not completely true.
Do you think that these tests are valid? When you first saw your results, did you question or accept the tests' validity?
I greatly questioned the validity of this test after taking it because I strongly disagreed with my second test. i especially questioned the validity of the test because it was judging you on so little.
Give examples of the cultural messages that many support attitudes linking a dominant group in your nation or culture with "good" or "superior" attributes and a subordinate group with "bad" or "inferior" ones. Are these attitudes generalizations that can be called stereotypes? How can generalizations be distinguished from stereotypes?
Depending on who I am with the cultural message is different. My family is very Irish and they hold a lot of pride in that, and part of my family is very Italian and they hold pride in that. In my family some have a strong preverence to their own nationality only because they have pride in it, but it does not necessarily mean that they do not like other nationalities.
If some of our consciously held beliefs, attitudes, and values are undermined by what Gladwell calls rapid cognition (others call this intuitive thinking or even gut feelings), what do you suggest we can do to combat jumping to (false) conclusions?
It is really hard to jump to false conclusions. The best way is to be aware of the past of when you have jumped to false conclusions and remember to be conscious of that time so you do not do it again. Another way to do this is when you feel that you are coming to a quick conclusion of something, just take a step back on the situation and look at the facts to see if you are actually jumping to a false conclusion.
Contrast two examples, one in which we rely on rapid cognition for accuracy of knowledge, and another in which rapid cognition can lead to knowledge errors.
One example of when rapid cognition helps the accuracy of knowledge is when you are in danger. If one is in danger they need to make a lot of quick decisions about the situation they are in, and chose whether or not to leave the situation. Even if one makes a knowledge error in this situation it is better to make a knowledge error and leave a possible dangerous situation than to stick around and possible get hurt. At the same time a rapid cognition can lead to a bad knowledge error, like the boy Mickey. Obviously Mickey is just an eight year old boy and is not a terrorist. At this point a rapid cognition can lead to knowledge error because they assumed that because he has a name of a terrorist he is a terrorist, which is completely wrong.
If some of our consciously held beliefs, attitudes, and values are undermined by what Gladwell calls rapid cognition (others call this intuitive thinking or even gut feelings), what do you suggest we can do to combat jumping to (false) conclusions?
It is really hard to jump to false conclusions. The best way is to be aware of the past of when you have jumped to false conclusions and remember to be conscious of that time so you do not do it again. Another way to do this is when you feel that you are coming to a quick conclusion of something, just take a step back on the situation and look at the facts to see if you are actually jumping to a false conclusion.
Contrast two examples, one in which we rely on rapid cognition for accuracy of knowledge, and another in which rapid cognition can lead to knowledge errors.
One example of when rapid cognition helps the accuracy of knowledge is when you are in danger. If one is in danger they need to make a lot of quick decisions about the situation they are in, and chose whether or not to leave the situation. Even if one makes a knowledge error in this situation it is better to make a knowledge error and leave a possible dangerous situation than to stick around and possible get hurt. At the same time a rapid cognition can lead to a bad knowledge error, like the boy Mickey. Obviously Mickey is just an eight year old boy and is not a terrorist. At this point a rapid cognition can lead to knowledge error because they assumed that because he has a name of a terrorist he is a terrorist, which is completely wrong.
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