Anselmi Pasquale, Vianello Michelangelo, Robusto Egidio
Department of Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Italy.
Exp Psychol. 2011;58(5):376-84. doi: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000106.
Two studies investigated the different contribution of positive and negative associations to the size of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) effect. A Many-Facet Rasch Measurement analysis was applied for the purpose. Across different IATs (Race and Weight) and different groups of respondents (White, Normal weight, and Obese people) we observed that positive words increase the IAT effect whereas negative words tend to decrease it. Results suggest that the IAT is influenced by a positive associations primacy effect. As a consequence, we argue that researchers should be careful when interpreting IAT effects as a measure of implicit prejudice.
两项研究调查了积极联想和消极联想对内隐联想测验(IAT)效应大小的不同影响。为此进行了多面Rasch测量分析。在不同的IAT(种族和体重)以及不同的受访者群体(白人、正常体重者和肥胖者)中,我们观察到积极词汇会增加IAT效应,而消极词汇则倾向于降低该效应。结果表明,IAT受到积极联想优先效应的影响。因此,我们认为研究人员在将IAT效应解释为内隐偏见的一种测量方法时应谨慎。