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Attitude survey reaction paper
I took the Hiring Choice Study. I was not nearly as surprised by the results as I figured I would
be. The survey told me that I am slightly inclined to hire someone who is younger and skilled then
someone who is older with the same skill level and experience. My response to that is DUH! I mean
think about it, if you hire someone who is young and has the same skill level as someone twice his age
isnt that a good buisness move? The younger person has obviously worked very hard to get where
they were. And if you hire someone who is young you are less likely to have to pay for sick days and
medical insurance. So my implcit and explicit attitudes both were that it would be better to hire
someone who is younger. Unfortunatley most young people have a hard time showing up to work on
time and such. But the resume showed that this young man didn’t have a problem with that.
One thing I still don’t understand, even though I agree with the results, is how do they compile
the results if a person isnt given both resumes to choose from? This confusses me a little.
When my mom read off the question about whether it was a good tool for measuring a person’s
attitude, I wasn’t really sure. So, being inquisitive, I decided to take a few more of the tests. One of the
other tests was European Americans Vs Native Americans. Another was about Black and White men and
crime. Out of these two tests, neither of them matched my explicit attitude. So I am kind of undecided.
As with most situations, I do not feel that using only one tool will ever completely decide anything. But I
guess I couldn’t really tell you what my implicit attitudes are either.