Implicit Association Test (IAT)

The Implicit Association Test (IAT), a psychological measure that assesses the strength of automatic associations between concepts (such as social groups) and evaluations (positive/negative) by measuring response speeds in a categorization task. It is used to probe implicit attitudes and biases, though its results are debated in terms of what individual-level conclusions can be drawn.

Claims that use this term

• The IAT as conventionally implemented is open to multiple interpretations and can provide contextually malleable measurement outcomes, distinguishing the malleability of the measure from the malleability of attitudes.
• The IAT measures group patterns, not individual bias levels
• The IAT measures speeded positive-negative associations to status groups