When prejudice hides behind professed conviction, implicit measures expose it

Evidence

Our findings are somewhat unique, however, because the IAT is probably more resistant to desirable responding than are explicit self-report measures and more direct than covert behavioral measures (e.g., choosing not to sit next to a person with a different skin color). — Wade C. Rowatt and Lewis M. Franklin, Christian Orthodoxy, Religious…, 80

Categorization

• XREF: Directly serves the reader’s question about whether professed egalitarian/religious conviction diverges from measured bias — connects to the religion-and-prejudice tradition and the broader attitude-behavior gap literature. — connects to: Avowals of egalitarianism signal hidden prejudice even under conservative tests — Drew S. Jacoby-Senghor and Michael Rosenblum and N. Derek Brown, Not all egalitarianism is created…, 87; Explicit and implicit attitudes operate on different levels and need different measures. — Wade C. Rowatt and Lewis M. Franklin, Christian Orthodoxy, Religious…, 14; Implicit measures reveal prejudice that explicit self-report instruments cannot capture — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 759 (+6 more)

Related

• Explicit and implicit attitudes operate on different levels and need different measures. (similarity 0.88)
• Avowals of egalitarianism signal hidden prejudice even under conservative tests (similarity 0.83)
• Implicit and explicit prejudice are distinct and can diverge within the same person (similarity 0.83)
• Self-reported religiosity may diverge from measures of implicit prejudice. (similarity 0.83)
• Implicit attitude measures reveal prejudice explicit self-reports miss (similarity 0.82)
• Implicit measures reveal prejudice that explicit self-report instruments cannot capture (similarity 0.82)
• Perceivers infer others’ hidden prejudice from egalitarian claims regardless of liking (similarity 0.81)
• Prejudice and stereotypes can operate implicitly without perceivers’ awareness (similarity 0.80)
• Neither intrinsic nor social religion predicts measured implicit racial bias (similarity 0.80)
• Implicit measures reveal attitudes people cannot or will not report (similarity 0.79)
• Laboratory models of unconscious cognition enabled research on implicit social cognition (similarity 0.78)
• Reported low prejudice among the religious reflects self-presentation, not true tolerance (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Implicit measures reveal prejudice that explicit self-report instruments cannot capture #corroborates (1.00) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 759
• Implicit measures reveal biased feelings people consciously disavow #corroborates (0.95)
• Implicit measures reveal attitudes people cannot or will not report #corroborates (0.92) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 759
• Prejudice and stereotypes can operate implicitly without perceivers’ awareness #corroborates (0.85) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2378
• Implicit social cognition research reveals prejudice operating below conscious awareness #corroborates (0.85)
• Implicit and explicit prejudice are distinct and can diverge within the same person #expands (0.82) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2170
• Repression of prejudice awareness backfires and leaves bias intact #expands (0.78)