How racist are you 18259
The University of Chicago offers an on-line psychological test in which you encounter a series of 100 black or white men, holding either guns or cellphones. You're supposed to shoot the gunmen and holster your gun for the others.
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http://backhand.uchicago.edu/Center/ShooterEffect/

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Game Over
Your Score: 610
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:620.96ms
Black Unarmed:627.52ms
White Armed:622.88ms
White Unarmed:634.2ms
The points system is interesting. It looks like you got +5 for not shooting correctly, +10 for shooting correctly, -20 for shooting improperly, and -40 for not shooting (when you should have)
Game Over
Your Score: 175
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:756.48ms
Black Unarmed:892.56ms
White Armed:757.88ms
White Unarmed:818.88ms
Looks like you are more twitchy than I am but also a lot more accurate. It took me a long time to determine that a black person was unarmed.
It would be interesting to know what effect the background scene has on the reaction time, too.
Score 735
BA: 592
BU: 693
WA: 622
WU: 682
Your Score: -920
Average reaction time:
Black Armed:19444.64ms
Black Unarmed:878.88ms
White Armed:748.48ms
White Unarmed:861.88ms
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