Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Implicit Bias and Racism
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Implicit Bias and Racism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Taking Stock of Explicit and Implicit Prejudice
- 1 Report from the NSF Conference on Implicit Bias
- Section I What is Implicit Bias and (How) Can We Measure It?
- Section II Do Measures of Implicit Bias Predict Cognition and Behavior?
- Section III Challenges of Research on Implicit Bias
- Introduction
- 11 The Rationality, Interpretation, and Overselling of Tests of Implicit Cognition
- 12 Listening to Measurement Error: Lessons from the Implicit Association Test
- 13 IAT Scores, Racial Gaps, and Scientific Gaps
- 14 Commentary
- Section IV Improving Measurement and Theorizing About Implicit Bias
- Section V How to Change Implicit Bias?
- Section VI Explicit Prejudice; Alive and Well?
- Section VII The Public’s (Mis)understanding of Implicit Bias
- Index
- References
Introduction
from Section III - Challenges of Research on Implicit Bias
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 December 2024
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Implicit Bias and Racism
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Implicit Bias and Racism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Taking Stock of Explicit and Implicit Prejudice
- 1 Report from the NSF Conference on Implicit Bias
- Section I What is Implicit Bias and (How) Can We Measure It?
- Section II Do Measures of Implicit Bias Predict Cognition and Behavior?
- Section III Challenges of Research on Implicit Bias
- Introduction
- 11 The Rationality, Interpretation, and Overselling of Tests of Implicit Cognition
- 12 Listening to Measurement Error: Lessons from the Implicit Association Test
- 13 IAT Scores, Racial Gaps, and Scientific Gaps
- 14 Commentary
- Section IV Improving Measurement and Theorizing About Implicit Bias
- Section V How to Change Implicit Bias?
- Section VI Explicit Prejudice; Alive and Well?
- Section VII The Public’s (Mis)understanding of Implicit Bias
- Index
- References
Summary
In previous sections, we saw that implicit measures of prejudice were not consistent predictors of behavior, a conclusion in line with meta-analyses documenting relatively weak associations between implicit measures and behavior (Greenwald et al., 2009, 2015; Kurdi et al., 2018; Oswald et al., 2015). If we take implicit bias scores too literally, this can lead to the labeling of some people as prejudiced when they do not manifest prejudiced behavior. Some observers wonder whether such mismatch instances are the results of base rate knowledge.
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