You are told to press one button if you see a pleasant word or a child,and a different button if you see an unpleasant word or an old person.Then the pairings reverse.What test is this?

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The given scenario is describing the Implicit Association Test (IAT), which measures the strength of a person's automatic association between mental representations of objects in memory. In this case, the test is measuring the association between pleasant/unpleasant words and child/old person. The reversals are a common feature of the IAT, as they help to reveal any biases or implicit associations that a person may hold subconsciously.

You Are Told to Press One Button If You See