The Implicit Association Test

question 12

Multiple Choice

The Implicit Association Test

• A) is used to make people believe that they are hooked up to a lie detector.
• B) uses people's implicit attitudes to predict future behavior.
• C) is used to reduce the social desirability effect.
• D) uses a person's reaction times to help gauge his or her implicit attitudes.

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Definitions:

Dispositional Attribution

A decision by an observer to attribute a behavior to the internal state(s) of the person who performed it rather than to factors in that person’s environment.

Internal Locus

An individual's belief that they can control their life events and outcomes, as opposed to external forces having that control.

External Locus

The belief that external forces or situations beyond one's own control dictate the outcomes of one's actions.

Lower Status

The ranking or position that is considered inferior or less prestigious within a social or organizational hierarchy.