Assignment task: Understanding implicit bias through self-analysis:
Transgender IAT test:
Q1. Explain how these results and/or knowledge of bias will benefit you in your future nutrition counseling or education interventions. My results based on the IAT test showed that my moderate automatic preference was for cisgender people over transgender people because I was able to associate words and people as cisgender faster than those that were transgender. Disclaimer: this was just for educational purposes.
Q2. Let's say you are a preceptor for a dietetic student, and the student demonstrated bias in a session with a client. How would you handle the situation with the client? How would you handle the situation with the student? What advice would you give to the student to help them 'course correct' or avoid bias in a similar situation?