Mary just completed a test that required her to respond as quickly as possible to faces of people from various races. The test that Mary took is called the
A)Dramatic Prejudice Inventory.
B)Reactive Bias Test.
C)Incremental Racism Test.
D)Implicit Association Test.

Question

Mary just completed a test that required her to respond as quickly as possible to faces of people from various races. The test that Mary took is called the ​
A)Dramatic Prejudice Inventory.
B)Reactive Bias Test.
C)Incremental Racism Test.
D)Implicit Association Test.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The test Mary took is known as the Implicit Association Test (IAT), which measures the strength of associations between concepts (e.g., black people, gay people) and evaluations (e.g., good, bad) or stereotypes (e.g., athletic, clumsy) by observing the response times in categorizing the target concepts.

Mary Just Completed a Test That Required Her to Respond