I took the age IAT test and I was not surprised by my results. I got that I have a “moderate automatic preference for young people over old people”. I do not find this surprising because I had a feeling going into taking this test that I would have a preference to young people over old people. I do not think that I respect old people any less than I do young people, in fact, I think that it is the opposite for me. What is interesting to me is the fact that I moderately prefer young people, because the majority of people who took this test strongly prefer young people. I think that I just resonate more with young people and when having to do the fast responses I recognized the young people faster. I think that one reason as to why I prefer young people over old people is the fact that I am just not as exposed to older people in my everyday life. I think that the IAT tests are so interesting because you really do not know what your results are going to be beforehand, because it all comes down to how your brain categorizes the things you are looking at based off of previous experiences and exposure.
I think you brought up a couple of really interesting points. I think that preferences and respect do not have to be dependent on one another; I think it is natural to have a preference towards one demographic based on your past experiences while still maintaining a respect for others in different demographics.
As I was reading your post, I thought you made some good points. But as human beings we all have preferences over certain things so it’s only natural!