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Anomalies in implicit attitudes research
Author(s) -
Machery Edouard
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.526
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1939-5086
pISSN - 1939-5078
DOI - 10.1002/wcs.1569
Subject(s) - pessimism , reliability (semiconductor) , predictive power , construct validity , construct (python library) , psychology , implicit bias , social psychology , validity , cognitive psychology , implicit attitude , power (physics) , psychometrics , epistemology , computer science , developmental psychology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
In this review, I provide a pessimistic assessment of the indirect measurement of attitudes by highlighting the persisting anomalies in the science of implicit attitudes, focusing on their validity, reliability, predictive power, and causal efficiency, and I draw some conclusions concerning the validity of the implicit bias construct. This article is categorized under: Psychology > Reasoning and Decision Making