Xiao Fengqiu, Zheng Zhiwei, Wang Ya, Cui Jifang, Chen Yinghe
a Institute of Developmental Psychology, School of Psychology , Beijing Normal University , Beijing , China.
Soc Neurosci. 2015 Aug;10(4):408-17. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2014.1003598. Epub 2015 Jan 27.
The implicit association test (IAT) is a promising method used to assess individual implicit attitudes by indirectly measuring the strengths of associations between target and attribute categories. To date, the cognitive processes involved in the prosocial attitude IAT task have received little attention. The present study examined the temporal dynamics of the IAT that measures prosocial attitude using event-related potentials (ERPs). ERP results revealed enhanced N2 amplitudes for incongruent trials when compared with congruent trials and enhanced P300 amplitudes for congruent trials when compared with incongruent trials. In addition, the N2 amplitude differences were significantly correlated with individual prosocial behavior (the amount of donation). Our findings suggest that conflict monitoring and stimulus categorization processes are involved in the prosocial attitude IAT task and that the ERP indices of IATs that measure prosocial attitude may predict individual prosocial behavior.
内隐联想测验(IAT)是一种很有前景的方法,用于通过间接测量目标类别与属性类别之间关联的强度来评估个体的内隐态度。迄今为止,亲社会态度IAT任务所涉及的认知过程很少受到关注。本研究使用事件相关电位(ERP)来检验测量亲社会态度的IAT的时间动态。ERP结果显示,与一致试验相比,不一致试验的N2波幅增强;与不一致试验相比,一致试验的P300波幅增强。此外,N2波幅差异与个体亲社会行为(捐赠金额)显著相关。我们的研究结果表明,冲突监测和刺激分类过程参与了亲社会态度IAT任务,并且测量亲社会态度的IAT的ERP指标可能预测个体亲社会行为。