Weak Criticisms and Selective Evidence: Reply to Blanton et al. (2009)

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: McConnell, Allen R.; Leibold, Jill M.
• 署名单位: University System of Ohio; Miami University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0014649
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 583-589
• 关键词: implicit attitudes; PREJUDICE; DISCRIMINATION; Implicit Association Test

摘要

We respond to a critique by H. Blanton et al. (2009), challenging our previous work demonstrating, that all Implicit Association Test designed to assess implicit prejudice reliably Predicts intergroup discrimination (A. R. McConnell & J. M. Leibold. 2001). We Outline 3 flawed aspects of the critique. First, we note that claims that an outlier should he eliminated from the original data set are unfounded. and even with the elimination of this outlier, the conclusions of Our original work are still strongly supported by the data. Second, we explain that concerns about interjudge reliability are specious' and that considerable data support the validity of the judges' observations reported in our original Study. Third, we note that claims of a disconnect between Implicit Association Test scores (argued to show negative bias against Blacks) and behavioral measures (argued to show pro-Black bias) are inappropriate because they neglect the relativistic nature of the key measures. Implications for the relation between implicit attitudes and behavior, for the law and or future work on implicit attitudes are discussed.