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    The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a measure of implicit relative preferences: A first study


    Power, Patricia M., Barnes-Holmes, Dermot, Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne and Stewart, Ian (2009) The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a measure of implicit relative preferences: A first study. The Psychological record, 59 (4). pp. 621-640. ISSN 0033-2933

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    Abstract

    The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) was designed to examine implicit beliefs or attitudes. In Experiment 1, response latencies obtained from Irish participants on the IRAP showed a strong preference for Irish over Scottish and American over African. In contrast, responses to explicit Likert measures diverged from the IRAP performance in indicating Irish equally likeable to Scottish and African more likeable than American. Using a similar IRAP, Experiment 2 showed that participants from the United States showed strong implicit preferences for American over Irish, Irish over Scottish, and Scottish over African; the explicit Likert measures again diverged from the IRAP. The findings provide preliminary support for the IRAP as a useful measure of implicit beliefs.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: implicit relational assessment procedure; implicit beliefs; social attitudes; adult participants; patterns of preference;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
    Item ID: 4971
    Depositing User: Yvonne Barnes-Holmes
    Date Deposited: 21 May 2014 14:27
    Journal or Publication Title: The Psychological record
    Publisher: Springer Verlag
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/4971
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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