Implicit Association Test Template Scripts (IAT)

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Available Test Variations

IAT with Items and Labels Provided by Participants
A template for IATs in which participants enter both the words and labels for the categories.
Duration: 6 minutes
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IAT with Items Provided by Participants
A template for IATs in which participants enter the words for the categories.
Duration: 6 minutes
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IAT with Items Selected by Participant
Then IAT where participants choose items for each category from an array of pictures.
Duration: 6 minutes
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IAT with Mouse Tracking
Administers and IAT with mouse tracking as described in Yu et al (2012)
Duration: 5.5 minutes
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English
Sep 2, 2025, 11:00PM
IAT with Mouse Tracking - Touchscreen
Administers and IAT with touch screen tracking as described in Yu et al (2012)
Duration: 5.5 minutes
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English
Sep 2, 2025, 11:00PM
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.
Duration: 5.5 minutes
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German
Sep 2, 2025, 11:00PM
Italian
Sep 2, 2025, 11:00PM
Polish
Sep 2, 2025, 11:00PM
Spanish
Sep 2, 2025, 11:00PM
Mouse Button IAT
An IAT template in which participants response by clicking the left or right mouse button.
Duration: 5.5 minutes
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Mouse IAT
An IAT template in which participants respond by clicking one of two response areas the screen.
Duration: 5.5 minutes
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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.
Duration: 5.5 minutes
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Picture IAT
An IAT template that uses text for attribute stimuli and pictures for target stimuli.
Duration: 5.5 minutes
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Last Updated
German
Sep 2, 2025, 11:00PM

References

Google ScholarSearch Google Scholar for peer-reviewed, published research using the Inquisit Implicit Association Test Template Scripts (IAT).

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., 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.

Yu, Z., Wang, F. & Wang, D. (2012). Beyond Reaction Times: Incorporating Mouse Tracking Measures into Implicit Association Test to Examine Its Underlying Process. Social Cognition, June 2012