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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Vol. 8, No. 1, 39-52 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1368430205048615
© 2005 SAGE Publications

How Dissociated Are Implicit and Explicit Racial Attitudes? A Bogus Pipeline Approach

Jason A. Nier

Connecticut College, janie{at}conncoll.edu

The current study examined the implicit and explicit attitudes of White Americans toward African-Americans. A variation of the Bogus Pipeline procedure was employed to determine if the apparent dissociation between implicit and explicit measures of racial attitudes that is reported in previous research might be exaggerated. The results indicated that the relationship between implicit and explicit attitudes was only significant under Bogus Pipeline conditions, while implicit and explicit attitudes were largely dissociated when they were measured under normal circumstances. Thus, it appeared that as the motivation to accurately report explicit attitudes increased, the implicit-explicit relationship strengthened and the dissociation between implicit and explicit racial attitudes was substantially reduced. The results indicate that Whites’ implicit and explicit attitudes toward African-Americans may not be as greatly dissociated as some theories of racial attitudes have presumed.

Key Words: implicit attitudes • racial attitudes

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