Prejudice and stereotypes can operate implicitly without perceivers’ awareness

Evidence

It is now widely accepted that prejudice and stereotypes can be implicit rather than explicit, operating without perceivers’ intent or awareness. Allport would not have been surprised by this conclusion, but undoubtedly would have been intrigued with the new methodological tools that have allowed researchers to reliably assess unconscious cognitive processes (e.g., Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2378

Categorization

• XREF: Core empirical grounding for the vault’s prejudice-psychology claims; the implicit/explicit distinction updates Allport’s view. — connects to: Brazilians deny personal prejudice while overwhelmingly endorsing stereotyping beliefs — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1794; Perceivers infer others’ hidden prejudice from egalitarian claims regardless of liking — Drew S. Jacoby-Senghor and Michael Rosenblum and N. Derek Brown, Not all egalitarianism is created…, 86; When prejudice hides behind professed conviction, implicit measures expose it — Wade C. Rowatt and Lewis M. Franklin, Christian Orthodoxy, Religious…, 80 (+5 more)
• QUESTION: Worth chasing whether Allport actually anticipated implicit bias in his 1954 work — the passage asserts he would not be surprised but gives no textual basis.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2378