Monday, May 31, 2010

IAT Reflection

Race Test: slight automatic preference to European American to African American.


The results of this test did surprise me a bit, I have many friends that are African American and I went to elementary, junior high and high school with a variety of cultures and many of these were African American. I found many of the pictures to be African American Males, so I wonder if that affected my results? My African American friends are females.

Gender Test: association male with career and female with family compared to female with career and male with family.

The results of this test also surprised me a bit, because both of my parents work and continue to have full time jobs. My family is very important to me, so I wonder if subconsciously this had an effect. My mother did stay home and raise some of us and then went back to work. So perhaps that also affected my results. I come from a family of pretty much all boys so maybe its still a males world in my subconscious!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Intro to me!

Hello, my name is Talia. I am an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher at Sullivan Elementary School in Newport. I was born and raised in Newport. I am the oldest of five younger brothers and come from a family of special education teachers. I live in Warwick with my husband and my basset hound Sammy. Sammy and I go on walks around the neighborhood where he loves to greet kids and other dogs!!