Mere acceptance produces apparent attitude in the Implicit Association test

Article Abstract:

A study is conducted to test the notion that the categorization process alone produces an Implicit Association Test (IAT) effect by comparing the accepted and rejected stimuli that had equal affective valence. The experiments revealed that 'accept stimuli' responded faster than the 'reject stimuli', which is a typical IAT effect to imply that the stimuli presented on accept trials were preferred.

Stimuli (Psychology)

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An affirmed self and an open mind: self-affirmation and sensitivity to argument strength

Article Abstract:

An analysis that the possibility that self-affirmation promotes objectivity, reducing opposition to counterattitudinal views, fostering criticism of proattitudinal views, and increasing sensitivity to argument strength is presented. The results supported the predictions and stated that attitudes served as bases of self-worth and that the individual will often strive to protect them.

Self-confidence, Self confidence

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The mere acceptance effect: can it influence responses on racial Implicit Association Tests?

Article Abstract:

The Implicit Association Test is employed to evaluate the mental association between the racial categories such as White and Black. It is observed that the mere acceptance has a bias effect on the IAT when White is the focused.

Psychological aspects, Set (Psychology), Cognitive biases, Association tests, Black-white relations

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