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Implicit Association Test (IAT)

Resources and information for using the Implicit Association Test (IAT) with Inquisit.

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IAT with Word Stimuli
This sample script serves as a template for IAT tasks involving text stimuli. It can be easily adapted to any target or attribute categories simply by following the instructions at the top of the script.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
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Racism IAT
An IAT template for measuring implicit racism that uses pictures of black and white faces for target stimuli and pleasant and unpleasant words for attributes.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
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Weapons IAT
A template that measures implicit associations between race (Black American vs. White American) and violence (Weapons vs. Harmless Objects). This template uses pictures for both attribute and target stimuli.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
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Gender-Science IAT
An IAT template for measuring implicit associations between gender and careers in science vs. liberal arts.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
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Multifactor Religion IAT
A multifactor IAT template that implements the Religion IAT, which measures relative preferences for 4 different religions - Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.

**Legal Notice: The University of Washington has applied for patent on the BIAT method. The patent is managed by Project Implicit. Both the University of Washington and Project Implicit authorize free use of the BIAT method and published stimuli for scholarly research, provided that reports of the research clearly identify any modifications made to the BIAT and appropriately cite the present article. Please contact Project Implicit (E-mail: feedback@projectimplicit.net) to request a license for commercial or other nonscholarly use of the BIAT.

Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
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Multifactor Picture IAT
A multifactor IAT template that uses pictures stimuli to measure relative preferences for 4 different categories - babies, puppies, kittens, and pandas.

**Legal Notice: The University of Washington has applied for patent on the BIAT method. The patent is managed by Project Implicit. Both the University of Washington and Project Implicit authorize free use of the BIAT method and published stimuli for scholarly research, provided that reports of the research clearly identify any modifications made to the BIAT and appropriately cite the present article. Please contact Project Implicit (E-mail: feedback@projectimplicit.net) to request a license for commercial or other nonscholarly use of the BIAT.

Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Oct 22, 2012, 11:42AM
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Brief IAT
A template implementing the Brief IAT procedure developed by Sriram & Greenwald (2009). This template uses names of flowers and insects.

**Legal Notice: The University of Washington has applied for patent on the BIAT method. The patent is managed by Project Implicit. Both the University of Washington and Project Implicit authorize free use of the BIAT method and published stimuli for scholarly research, provided that reports of the research clearly identify any modifications made to the BIAT and appropriately cite the present article. Please contact Project Implicit (E-mail: feedback@projectimplicit.net) to request a license for commercial or other nonscholarly use of the BIAT.

Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Mar 4, 2013, 5:53PM
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Brief IAT with pictures
A template implementing the Brief IAT procedure developed by Sriram & Greenwald (2009). This template uses names of flowers and insects

**Legal Notice: The University of Washington has applied for patent on the BIAT method. The patent is managed by Project Implicit. Both the University of Washington and Project Implicit authorize free use of the BIAT method and published stimuli for scholarly research, provided that reports of the research clearly identify any modifications made to the BIAT and appropriately cite the present article. Please contact Project Implicit (E-mail: feedback@projectimplicit.net) to request a license for commercial or other nonscholarly use of the BIAT.

Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Oct 22, 2012, 1:51PM
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Picture IAT
An IAT template that uses text for attribute stimuli and pictures for target stimuli.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
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Multi-language IAT
A template for an IAT that supports multiple languages. Each participant can choose which language the stimulus items, labels, and instructions are presented in.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Oct 17, 2012, 10:44PM
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IAT with Items Provided by Participants
A template for IATs in which participants enter the words for the categories.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
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IAT with Items and Labels Provided by Participants
A template for IATs in which participants enter both the words and labels for the categories.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
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Self Esteem IAT
A simple IAT for measuring implicit self esteem using pronouns (e.g. "me", "I", "us", "you", "them") to represent "self" verses "other" target categories.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
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Single Target IAT
An template for the Single Target IAT as developed by Wigboldus, Holland & van Knippenberg (2006).
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
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Single Target Picture IAT
An template for the single target IAT as developed by Wigboldus, Holland & van Knippenberg (2006) that uses picture stimuli.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 23, 2013, 2:17PM
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Single Target Picture and Text IAT
An template for the single target IAT as developed by Wigboldus, Holland & van Knippenberg (2006) in which the attribute categories (pleasant vs unpleasant) are represented by both text and picture stimuli.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 23, 2013, 2:17PM
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Self Esteem IAT (Custom Items)
An IAT for measuring implicit self esteem modeled after Greenwald & Farnham (2000) This IAT gathers information from pariticipants such as name, home towm, etc. to use as stimuli representing the "me" and "other" target categories.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
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Child IAT
An implementation of the IAT adapted for administration to children as developed by Baron and Banaji (2006).
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Oct 22, 2012, 2:39PM
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Gender-Career IAT
An IAT template for measuring implicit associations between gender and having a professional careers.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
Aggression IAT
This script implements the Aggression IAT procedure as developed by Adnan Niazi and Sabine Strofer (supports English, German, and Dutch).
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Nov 15, 2012, 10:51AM
IAT with Items Selected by Participant
This script implements an IAT where participants choose items for each category from an array of pictures.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Jan 22, 2013, 1:03PM
Sexuality IAT
This script implements an IAT examining implicit attitudes towards sexual orientation.
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Mar 18, 2013, 1:23PM
Single Category IAT
This script implements the Single Category IAT (SC-IAT) task from Karpinski and Steinman (2006).
Inquisit 4 Download Script View Demo Last Updated: Mar 29, 2013, 10:04AM

SPSS Scripts for Data Analysis

IAT SPSS Script. SPSS command syntax for processing the IAT data generated by the IAT templates above according to the procedures outlined in Greenwald, A. G., Nosek, B. A., & Banaji, M. R. (2003).

BriefIAT SPSS Script. SPSS command syntax for processing BriefIAT data generated by the BriefIAT template above according to the procedures outlined in Sriram & Greenwald (2009).

Selected Bibliography

Greenwald, A. G., McGhee, D. E., & Schwartz, J. K. L. (1998). Measuring individual differences in implicit cognition: The Implicit Association Test. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1464-1480.

Greenwald, A. G., & Farnham, S. D. (2000). Using the Implicit Association Test to measure self-esteem and self-concept. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 1022-1038.

Greenwald, A. G., Nosek, B. A., & Banaji, M. R. (2003). Understanding and Using the Implicit Association Test: I. An Improved Scoring Algorithm. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 197-216.

Nosek, B. A., Greenwald, A. G., & Banaji, M. R. (2005). Understanding and using the Implicit Association Test: II. Method variables and construct validity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31(2), 166-180.

Nosek, B. A., Greenwald, A. G., & Banaji, M. R. (2007). The Implicit Association Test at age 7: A methodological and conceptual review. In J. A. Bargh (Ed.), Automatic Processes in Social Thinking and Behavior (pp. 265-292). Psychology Press.

Sriram, N., Greewald, A. G. (2009). The Brief Implicit Association Test. Experimental Psychology, 56, 283–294

Links

Tony Greenwald. University of Washington.

Project Implicit. IAT on Project Implicit web site.

Mahzarin Banaji. Harvard University.

Brian Nosek. University of Virginia.

Stimulus Materials. IAT stimuli from Project Implicit.

The Oprah Winfrey Show. Overcoming Prejudice: How to Rise Above Racism. Tony Greenwald and Malcolm Gladwell discuss the IAT with Oprah..

The Washington Post. See No Bias: Many Americans believe they are not prejudiced. Now a new test provides powerful evidence that a majority of us really are.

Edge. The Implicit Association Test: A Talk with Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald.

Scientific American. A review of IAT Research featuring Mahzarin Banaji and Brian Nosek.

Dateline NBC. Tony Greenwald and Mahzarin Banaji demonstrate the IAT.

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