Lab 4

Psychology 241

Name ________________________________________________

Date _______________

• Implicit Association Test – go to http://buster.cs.yale.edu/implicit/ and take the Presidents IAT.
• Answer the following questions about the IAT experiment you just did. Use your recollection of the task, and the FAQ files for the IAT to figure out the answers to these questions. You are encouraged to discuss the questions with others who have completed the IAT.

1. What is the hypothesis of the experiment you did?
2. What theory motivates this hypothesis? In other words, what do the experimenters think is going on inside your head to produce the results they predict?

3. What is the IV?
4. What are the levels of the IV in the experiment?
5. What is the DV?
6. What theoretical construct is the DV used to measure?
7. Is this a within-subjects or between-subjects design?
8. Can you identify any possible confounds related to order and sequence effects?
9. What, if anything, did the experimenters do to control for these potential confounds?