As an educator, I had previously been exposed to the IAT assessments before and had completed several of them. I don't think that I had completed the Native or Asian IATs before. While taking these tests, I started to get tired, so I noticed that I made more errors in the later tests than in the earlier tests, just due to the fatigue of staring at my screen. My results weren't what I expected because they differed from my previous results on the tests. Can implicit bias change over time?
This is an old article, but I know that there have been legitimate criticisms of the tool based on survey design and psychometrics-- https://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/07-08/psychometric
I have always gotten different answers, even when taking them days apart. This time I realized I was looking for patterns to avoid getting the red X and wasn't truly paying attention for the last 3 tests. I plan to take each test again, but one each day to avoid the fatigue and hopefully get more accurate answers. I do believe that bias can change over time, for better or worse. Thank you for posting the articles as well.
I've also taken some of these tests before. Never had taken the Asian and Native tests before. I have taken the Race test before and had slightly different results this time. I was surprised by some of the other results. Of course, no one wants to think they are biased. So the results were somewhat eye-opening.
I question the validity of these tests. Replace these categories with something neutral like consonants/vowels & even/odd numbers, then switch the sides you originally were trained to sort them, you'll struggle to break your short lived habits. If it took me longer on the second round of sorting because I was accustomed to putting odd numbers on the right side... then I biased regarding odd numbers. Probably not. Everything else in the 1st & 2nd modules has been great. I'm skeptical about these IATs.
(After I got a result of slight preference for light skin with the first experiment and I saw through the problem - I approached the rest of them like a video game and was able to produce neutral results. On the last test for Asian IAT - I was a little less careful with my response time and my result was that I had a moderate preference for European as American. I'm Caucasian and my husband and children are Asian. I'm pretty sure I see them as every bit American as anyone else.)