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Implicit Association Test (IAT) D-scores may not solely reflect associative memory. Response caution, not just decision ease, significantly impacts IAT results and predicts explicit biases.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Social psychology
  • Psychometric measurement

Background:

  • Implicit biases contribute to discrimination and societal inequities.
  • The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is a primary tool for measuring implicit bias, relying on response times.
  • Traditional interpretations of IAT D-scores focus on associative memory and decision ease.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the assumption that IAT D-scores solely reflect associative memory.
  • To investigate the role of cognitive processes, particularly response caution, in IAT performance.
  • To determine if response caution better predicts explicit biases than decision ease.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized racing diffusion models to decompose IAT D-scores.
  • Analyzed data from a large sample across 39 topics (N=115,601).
  • Compared the variance explained by response caution versus decision ease in D-scores.

Main Results:

  • Response caution explained significantly more variance in IAT D-scores than decision ease.
  • Response caution emerged as the strongest predictor of explicitly reported biases.
  • Findings indicate that D-scores are influenced by multiple cognitive processes beyond associative memory.

Conclusions:

  • The traditional interpretation of IAT D-scores is insufficient.
  • Response caution is a critical cognitive factor influencing implicit bias measurement.
  • Future research should incorporate multiple cognitive processes for a comprehensive assessment of implicit biases.