Abstract
We introduce the Relational Responding Task (RRT) as a tool for capturing beliefs at the implicit level. Flemish participants were asked to respond as if they believed that Flemish people are more intelligent than immigrants (e.g., respond “true” to the statement “Flemish people are wiser than immigrants”) or to respond as if they believed that immigrants are more intelligent than Flemish people (e.g., respond “true” to the statement “Flemish people are dumber than immigrants”). The difference in performance between these two tasks correlated with ratings of the extent to which participants explicitly endorsed the belief that Flemish people are more intelligent than immigrants and with questionnaire measures of subtle and blatant racism. The current study provides a first step toward validating RRT effects as a viable measure of implicit beliefs.
Highlights
Reaction times were defined as the time in milliseconds between the onset of presentation of the statement and the registration of the correct response. These reaction times were transformed into DRRT scores using the same improved D-algorithm (D1) that Greenwald et al (2003) developed for the Implicit Association Test (IAT)
DRRT effects were scored so that positive values indicated faster responses in the pro-Flemish block relative the pro-immigrant block of the Relational Responding Task (RRT) while negative values indicated the opposite
The current study sought to provide a first step toward the validation of the RRT effect as an implicit measure of beliefs
Summary
The difference in performance between these two tasks correlated with ratings of the extent to which participants explicitly endorsed the belief that Flemish people are more intelligent than immigrants and with questionnaire measures of subtle and blatant racism.
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