Implicit social cognition: from measures to mechanisms

Most human cognition occurs outside conscious awareness or conscious control. Some of these implicit processes influence social perception, judgment and action. The past 15 years of research in implicit social cognition can be characterized as the Age of Measurement because of a proliferation of mea...

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Published in:Trends in cognitive sciences 2011-04, Vol.15 (4), p.152-159
Main Authors: Nosek, Brian A, Hawkins, Carlee Beth, Frazier, Rebecca S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Awareness
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition - physiology
Consciousness
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Models, Psychological
Neurology
Neuropsychological Tests
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Self Report
Social attribution, perception and cognition
Social Behavior
Social psychology
Weights and Measures - standards
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Summary:Most human cognition occurs outside conscious awareness or conscious control. Some of these implicit processes influence social perception, judgment and action. The past 15 years of research in implicit social cognition can be characterized as the Age of Measurement because of a proliferation of measurement methods and research evidence demonstrating their practical value for predicting human behavior. Implicit measures assess constructs that are distinct, but related, to self-report assessments, and predict variation in behavior that is not accounted for by those explicit measures. The present state of knowledge provides a foundation for the next age of implicit social cognition: clarification of the mechanisms underlying implicit measurement and how the measured constructs influence behavior.
ISSN:1364-6613
1879-307X
DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2011.01.005