I found this reading to be very interesting as I have taken the IAT in a previous leadership course and enjoy this topic. For my IAT test I took the Weight (‘Fat-Thin’ IAT). It required the ability to distinguish faces of people who are obese and people who are thin. It often revealed an automatic preference for thin people relative to fat people which is what my results from my responses suggested. I was not surprised by my results. This may particularly be because fitness and staying in shape is such a huge part of my life and so I already had a feeling going into taking this test that I would have a preference for thin people over fat people.
Critical Thinking
I also took that test as well and got the same preference. It surprised me at my results. After reading your post it makes sense that I would have a bias because I also put fitness first and foremost. I think moving forward I need to realign the idea that body type doesn’t define how fit or healthy you are.