I took the Disability IAT and Gender Career IAT, for I am pursing a bachelor in special education, and I wanted to confirm if I stereotyped women by associating them to family instead of career. For the Disability IAT I was surprised to find out that have a slight preference for abled persons over disabled persons. Based on the results of this IAT test, I would say that I am in the acceptance phase of the DMIS because I have the ability to recognize and appreciate the cultural difference between abled persons and disabled persons in my own terms, yet with a subtle preference for abled persons. I disagree with the results because I feel like I have subtle preference for disabled persons when it comes to helping them over the abled persons. I feel like disable …show more content…
I do agree with the results of the latter, for I know that I have a slight automatic association for male with family and female with career. I think part of it is because I believe that women should be more focused in their career and not focused entirely in family. I believe that both men and women should focus enough in their career and family meaning that family or career should not be associated with a single gender. Men and women need to find a balance between career and family, so that they can both benefit from both. This survey can give a general understanding on your attitudes toward certain topics or cultures; therefore, it could be beneficial to clarify the attitude of a person toward a specific group of people. Doing the test was a little bit challenging because sometimes I forgot the associations and letters I had to press; however, it was a different experience and a new way to acknowledge my beliefs about certain groups of