Blog post #3

Title: Can We Really Measure Implicit Bias? Maybe Not. Source: Tom Bartlett Date: January 05, 2017 Summary: The article tells us about a study from different researchers about the relationship between implicit bias and discriminatory behavior. They mainly focus on the Implicit Association Test (IAT), which was created to measure implicit bias by following how we answer questions together with the speed and the mistakes we make. A professor of psychology, Hart Blanton, declared that the IAT is not accurate enough to rely on. Therefore, for several years he has been arguing with the IAT founder. Each of them has come up with plenty of reasons to support their point of view and evidence against each other, yet, there is still no conclusion. However, at least everyone agrees that there was not enough evidence to state that people’s behavior can change depending on their unconscious bias and the link between these two is weak. The debate was just about how and the IAT. Furthermore, ano...