The Warren Harding Error: Why We Fall For Tall, Dark, and Handsome Men

          In this chapter of The Warren Harding Error, many things stood out to me. Like the stereotypes and when you had to match up the scenarios and the genders and the good and bad. It was hard but it is the truth. If you want a leader you will automatically go for the person who is better looking, it is just our instinct. But not always do the most attractive people make the best leaders. Just like in this chapter. Warren Harding was tall, dark, and handsome. But after all of the people voted for him and he became the leader, they realized he had no qualities of a strong leader. He was not good at making decisions and no one wanted him after they knew the truth. This kind of ties in with don't always trust with what you see. 

One thing we take away from this chapter is that appearance is not everything. You can be super rich and attractive but people don't really know the real you and what you have to offer us and if you are willing to be our leader. And they only way we can avoid this is to really think about it before going with our unconscious bias. Don't just make a decision before you really know if they are the right person, just voting for some guy that you "think" would be a good leader is not enough. And this ties into leadership qualities. They would have to be intellectual, know how to make good decisions for us, and listen to the people he is representing. They would want people to like them and think about everyone and not themselves. 

       
         For the IAT test, i took the flowers and insects and the race tests. For the flowers and insects I was not surprised. I liked flowers more than insects and I knew that was going to happen. But on the race test I really didn't know what was going to be my choice. But in the end preferred european children over african american children. That I was also expecting to happen. But when I finished the test I was thinking back to the race test and I do think that I made some unconscious decisions. Like when something was bad I would have probably hit the African American child and if something was good I would hit the European child. I am not racist but that is the stereotype these days. And that is what children know as they grow up in this generation.