Abstract

The authors present a diffusion-model analysis of the Implicit Association Test (IAT). In Study 1, the IAT effect was decomposed into 3 dissociable components: Relative to the compatible phase, (a) ease and speed of information accumulation are lowered in the incompatible phase, (b) more cautious speed-accuracy settings are adopted, and (c) nondecision components of processing require more time. Studies 2 and 3 assessed the nature of interindividual differences in these components. Construct-specific variance in the IAT relating to the construct to be measured (such as implicit attitudes) was concentrated in the compatibility effect on information accumulation (Studies 2 and 3), whereas systematic method variance in the IAT was mapped on differential speed-accuracy settings (Study 3). Implications of these dissociations for process theories of the IAT and for applications are discussed.

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Implicit-association testPsychologyConstruct (python library)Compatibility (geochemistry)Variance (accounting)Social psychologyCognitive psychologyAssociation (psychology)Analysis of varianceStatisticsComputer science

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AdultAssociation LearningAttentionAttitudeConcept FormationDecision MakingFemaleHumansIndividualityMaleModelsPsychologicalPoliticsReaction TimeStereotyping

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Year
2007
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Volume
93
Issue
3
Pages
353-368
Citations
243
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Karl Christoph Klauer, Andreas Voß, Florian Schmitz et al. (2007). Process components of the Implicit Association Test: A diffusion-model analysis.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 93 (3) , 353-368. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.93.3.353

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10.1037/0022-3514.93.3.353
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