Asked by Samuel Gouvernet on Sep 29, 2024

The Implicit Association Test (IAT) developed by Greenwald measures ingroup-outgroup bias by

A) asking individuals to report their attitudes toward fictitious groups.
B) watching individuals as they interact with the members of other groups.
C) measuring the tendency to associate the ingroup with positive concepts and the outgroup with negative ones.
D) measuring heart rate and blood pressure when shown images of the outgroup.
E) using fMRI methods that chart the activation of positive and negative areas of the brain.

Implicit Association Test (IAT)

A psychological assessment tool that measures the strength of automatic associations between concepts in the mind, notably used to assess biases.

Greenwald

Likely refers to a researcher or notable figure in psychology or another field; without additional context, it's challenging to provide a specific definition.

Ingroup-Outgroup Bias

The inclination to prefer individuals from one's own collective (ingroup) over those belonging to other collectives (outgroup).

  • Ascertain the catalysts and implications of biases and stereotypes related to ingroup-outgroup perceptions.
  • Analyze the mechanisms through which stereotypes are constructed and perpetuated.