I don't have a racist bone in my body and came up with similar reaction times even though in most pictures I didn't register the skin color, only looked for the weapon.
I found some pictures were really hard to make out the shape of the object due to the background the object was against. That, for me, had much more to do with analysis/reaction time than any other factor.
I would say the test is flawed, although it's a nice idea.
I found some pictures were really hard to make out the shape of the object due to the background the object was against. That, for me, had much more to do with analysis/reaction time than any other factor.
I would say the test is flawed, although it's a nice idea.