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Implicit social cognition: Attitudes, self-esteem, and stereotypes
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Social behavior is ordinarily treated as being under conscious (if not always thoughtful) control. However, considerable evidence now supports the view that social behavior often operates in an implicit or unconscious fashion. The identifying feature of implicit cognition is that past experience influences judgment in a fashion not introspectively known by the actor. The present conclusion--that attitudes, self-esteem, and stereotypes have important implicit modes of operation--extends both the construct validity and predictive usefulness of these major theoretical constructs of social psychology. Methodologically, this review calls for increased use of indirect measures--which are imperative in studies of implicit cognition. The theorized ordinariness of implicit stereotyping is consistent with recent findings of discrimination by people who explicitly disavow prejudice. The finding that implicit cognitive effects are often reduced by focusing judges' attention on their judgment task provides a basis for evaluating applications (such as affirmative action) aimed at reducing such unintended discrimination.
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“Indeed, indirect measures are required where implicit cognitive bias is concerned (Greenwald & Banaji, 1995).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Greenwald, A. G., & Banaji, M. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Venue
- Psychological Review
- Published
- 1995
- Volume
- 102
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 4-27
- ISSN
- 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1471
- OpenAlex
- W1965514675
- Cited by
- 6,682
- References
- 297
- Citations by year
- 2026: 208 · 2025: 313 · 2024: 283 · 2023: 336 · 2022: 326 · 2021: 304 · 2020: 501 · 2019: 379 · 2018: 294 · 2017: 284 · 2016: 300 · 2015: 270 · 2014: 256 · 2013: 267 · 2012: 253
- FWCI
- 232.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (9205890, 9120987)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH041328, MH41328)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- implicit cognition, implicit attitudes, self-esteem, implicit stereotypes, prejudice, indirect measures, attentional focus, discrimination, affirmative action, construct validity
- MeSH terms
- Attitude, Humans, Prejudice, Self Concept, Social Behavior, Social Perception, Stereotyping, Unconscious, Psychology
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