What does the Implicit Association Test measure? A test of the convergent and discriminant validity of prejudice-related IATs

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 171-180

  Gawronski, Bertram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implicit Association Test; Implicit cognition; Prejudice; Stereotypes; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY TESTS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 0036050373     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026//1618-3169.49.3.171     Document Type: Article

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