TY - JOUR
T1 - The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a measure of implicit relative preferences
T2 - A first study
AU - Power, Patricia
AU - Barnes-Holmes, Dermot
AU - Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne
AU - Stewart, Ian
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) was designed to examine implicit beliefs or attitudes. In Experiment 1, response latencies obtained from Irish participants on the IRAP showed a strong preference for Irish over Scottish and American over African. In contrast, responses to explicit Likert measures diverged from the IRAP performance in indicating Irish equally likeable to Scottish and African more likeable than American. using a similar IRAP, Experiment 2 showed that participants from the United States showed strong implicit preferences for American over Irish, Irish over Scottish, and Scottish over African; the explicit Likert measures again diverged from the IRAP. The findings provide preliminary support for the IRAP as a useful measure of implicit beliefs.
AB - The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) was designed to examine implicit beliefs or attitudes. In Experiment 1, response latencies obtained from Irish participants on the IRAP showed a strong preference for Irish over Scottish and American over African. In contrast, responses to explicit Likert measures diverged from the IRAP performance in indicating Irish equally likeable to Scottish and African more likeable than American. using a similar IRAP, Experiment 2 showed that participants from the United States showed strong implicit preferences for American over Irish, Irish over Scottish, and Scottish over African; the explicit Likert measures again diverged from the IRAP. The findings provide preliminary support for the IRAP as a useful measure of implicit beliefs.
KW - Adult participants
KW - Implicit beliefs
KW - Implicit relational assessment procedure
KW - Patterns of preference
KW - Social attitudes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=72349097327&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/BF03395684
DO - 10.1007/BF03395684
M3 - Article
SN - 0033-2933
VL - 59
SP - 621
EP - 640
JO - Psychological Record
JF - Psychological Record
IS - 4
ER -