The category-focus implicit association test

Frank Siebler, Roberto González, Gabriela Ordóñez, Gerd Bohner, Andrés Haye, David Sirlopú, Andres Millar, Pablo De Tezanos-Pinto, David Torres

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Abstract

We propose the Category-Focus IAT (CF-IAT) as an instrument to measure the implicit associations of single concepts. The CF-IAT directs respondents' attention to a subset of the experimental materials. In a first study using the CF-IAT, Chilean adolescents (N = 49), members of either the indigenous minority (Mapuche) or the nonindigenous majority, completed CF-IATs assessing implicit attitudes toward these groups. Results revealed, in both groups, a neutral implicit evaluation of the ingroup, but a negative implicit evaluation of the outgroup. Process evidence suggests that the CF-IAT's manipulation of attentional focus was successful.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)105-110
Number of pages6
JournalSocial Psychology
Volume41
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Focus of attention
  • Implicit attitudes
  • Intergroup relations

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