implicit association tests

have you taken those implicit association tests? i have. and i disagree with them. okay, fine, who am i to disagree with a reputed psycho - analytical tool promoted by harvard? i don't know. no one. just my opinion here.

i disagree with the way the tests are structured, not at all with what they are trying to discern. for those unfamiliar with IAT's they are designed to measure a person's inherent bias towards race, gender, or age. here is the link check it out for yourself, and then you might see what i am talking about.

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/selectatest.html

when you take the test, you have to learn to hit e for a white american and i for a black american, the same for harmless objects and weapons. you make a couple of mistakes in the beginning. but by the time you learn this stuff, they change it on you, now you are hitting e for white americans and harmless objects and then they ask you to do the opposite e for white americans and weapons.

so now my question is: is the test even measuring a bias to associate weapons with black americans or just my brain in overload because you keep changing the rules on me? would the result vary if they asked me associate weapons and white americans earlier on in the test and not later? what if you first taught me to hit i for black americans and harmless objects?

this way i get the feeling that the test creates the very bias it is claiming to measure...

i am curious, let me know what you think.