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My screenshot would not transfer onto this page but I took the test Monday January 29th at 4:15pm. The test that I took was the sexuality one. I have already taken a few for other classes. That is one of the only ones that I have not taken that I was interested in. The procedure of the test was I had to press E for gay people and I for straight people. Then it asked me to press E when a good word was on the screen and I when a bad word was on the screen. Next, it asked me to press E for when either a good word or gay person was on the screen and I if a bad word or straight people were on the screen. Then it had me press E for straight person and I for gay people. It had me press E when a good word or straight person was on the screen and …show more content…

I thought that I would not have a preference because I felt that I pressed E and I the same speed and the right amount for each category. I am a little surprised by my results. Those results indicate to me that if I was in a room with a gay and a straight person that I would choose to approach the straight person over the gay person. I think that is what it means by strong preference. It means I would rather associate myself with someone that is straight then someone that is gay. What could have influenced my results were that I was getting confused with the keys that I was supposed to be pressing. Towards the end of the test I got used to it and did not have to think about the correct key to press everytime.That could have affected how I did because the routine of pressing E and I did not kick in until I got to the gay person with a bad word. What I can conclude from the results is that even though I did not think that I had a sexuality bias that I do and it is very strong. I am going to be more aware and open to talking to everyone no matter what their sexuality is. I thought that I was already like that but I may have to think more about it when approaching

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