IAT – Implicit Association Test

While exploring iTunes U recently I downloaded a couple of psychology lectures from the University of Washington. During one the lectures they talked about the a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicit_Association_Test”IAT (Implicit Association Test/a). These are self-administered tests that will help you find out your unconscious levels of prejudice about age, gender, race, self-esteem, and mathematics vs. art. (Wikipedia Entry) At the a href=”https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/”Harvard IAT web site /ayou can take a variety of IATs. I took one comparing Canada and the United States and one comparing Obama and McCain. It was interesting learning about my natural biases.

A relief…

It is a big relief. I finished the final Harry Potter book late today. It was a hard and challenging book to read as I found it so dark. I could feel the book pulling down which was kind of weird. I’m not sure if I would want my kids to read the book until they would be a little older.