Strong Rebuttal for Weak Criticisms: Reply to Blanton et al. (2009)

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Ziegert, Jonathan C.; Hanges, Paul J.
• 署名单位: Drexel University; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0014661
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 590-597
• 关键词: stereotypes; DISCRIMINATION; Implicit Association Test

摘要

We respond to H. Blanton et al.'s (2009) critique of J. C. Ziegert & P. J. Hanges (2005) and illustrate that their criticisms regarding our study are based on very weak evidence. In this rebuttal, we highlight the appropriateness of our manipulation as well as present reanalyses that illustrate the predictive validity of the Implicit Association Test. In particular, we illustrate that the Implicit Association Test is related to discriminatory behavior (a) after one eliminates potential outliers using appropriate multivariate methods, (b) across conditions after one controls for the manipulation. (c) when one just examines Black applicants, and (d) after one controls for explicit attitudes. Thus, in this rebuttal, we not only reaffirm the original findings of J. C. Ziegert and P. J. Hanges (2005) but we extend them to illustrate the broader contexts in which the Implicit Association Test is related to discriminatory behavior.