Managing the Threat of Impending Implicit Attitude Feedback
Managing the Threat of Impending Implicit Attitude Feedback
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DOI：
10.1177/1948550613479803
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发表时间：
2013-11-01
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Shepperd, James A.
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作者：
Howell, Jennifer L.;Collisson, Brian;Shepperd, James A.
面对潜在的威胁性反馈，人们有时会选择避免它，以保持珍视的自我观点。在三项研究中，我们考察了人们是否会在有可能揭示内隐偏见的黑白内隐联想测验（IAT）的背景下采用这种策略。研究1表明，人们期望他们的内测结果比实际结果显示的内隐偏见要少，并且认为来自黑白内测的反馈具有潜在的威胁性。此外，那些宁愿不知道结果的人会后悔收到他们的反馈。在研究2和研究3中，更多的参与者拒绝得知他们的IAT成绩，当被提示预期不利的而不是有利的IAT成绩时。重要的是，没有收到期望提示的参与者通常选择接受他们的IAT反馈，这表明参与者可能期望有利的IAT反馈。
People facing potentially threatening feedback sometimes opt to avoid it in an attempt to preserve a cherished self-view. In three studies, we examined whether people would adopt such a strategy in the context of the Black-White Implicit Association Test (IAT), which has the potential to reveal implicit prejudice. Study 1 demonstrated that people expect their IAT results to indicate less implicit prejudice than the results actually do, and perceive feedback from the Black-White IAT as potentially threatening. In addition, people who would rather avoid learning their results regretted receiving their feedback. In Studies 2 and 3, more participants declined to learn their IAT results when cued to expect unfavorable, rather than favorable, IAT results. Importantly, participants who received no expectation cue generally opted to receive their IAT feedback, suggesting that participants likely expect favorable IAT feedback.