Using the Implicit Association Test as an Unconsciousness Raising Tool in Psychology

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-123

  Casad, Bettina J ^a   Flores, Abdiel J ^a   Didway, Jessica D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IAT; implicit attitudes; teaching tool; unconscious awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878280372     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628312475031     Document Type: Review

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