Built-In Biases Quiz

April 2024
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
« Jun
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30

Question 1

According to the Washington Post article, what percentage of Americans who take the Implicit Attitude Test on racial prejudice have a “hidden bias” for white people over black people?

51 percent
49 percent
75 percent
25 percent

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of the concept of “selective helping”?

A medic on the battlefield has to decide which wounded soldier to treat first.
Charitable organizations provide services only to those in need.
People discriminate against those who they do not believe would be helpful to them.
A person tends to help those who are most like himself or herself in terms of shared ethnic background or religion.

Question 3

The first step to counteract a “hidden bias” is to

take an IAT.
become aware of it.
say aloud that it does not exist.
believe that biases are figments of the imagination.

Question 4

Psychologists Banaji and Greenwald argue that an “implicit bias” might be helpful if

it allows us distinguish a friend from a foe.
we counteract it vigorously.
it remains hidden and thus does not interfere with conscious thought processes.
prevents us from finding our way in complex social situations.

Question 5

What was the Implicit Attitude Test was designed to do?

make people aware of their hidden biases
reveal a person’s tendency to endorse stereotypes
measure a person’s “automatic preferences”
All of the above

Page List [do not show this]

Events Calendar

Polls

Related Stories