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- Title
Implicit Discrimination.
- Authors
Bertrand, Marianne; Chugh, Dolly; Mullainathan, Sendhil
- Abstract
This article provides information on a study on implicit discrimination. Most modern social psychologists believe that attitudes occur in both implicit and explicit modes, suggesting that people can think, feel and behave in ways that oppose their explicitly expressed views, and even, explicitly known self-interests. A widely used measure of implicit mental processes is the Implicit Association Test (IAT). The IAT relies on test-takers' speed of response to represent the strength of their unconscious mental associations. IAT are used to measure a wide range of implicit attitudes about social groups, products or self-identity. A key differential feature of potential remedies to implicit discrimination is that they could limit the amount of discrimination without forcing agents to make decisions against their will.
- Subjects
DISCRIMINATION (Sociology); SOCIAL psychology; ATTITUDE (Psychology); BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; SOCIAL psychologists
- Publication
American Economic Review, 2005, Vol 95, Issue 2, p94
- ISSN
0002-8282
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1257/000282805774670365