Question

Many people, if queried directly, are unlikely to admit, " Yes, I wholeheartedly believe that Blacks and weapons are associated with one another." Yet results from multiple IAT studies seem to suggest otherwise, at the level of implicit associations. Why is there this discrepancy between stated and unstated attitudes?a. implicit attitudes can't be measured, whereas explicit attitudes can be reliably statedb. attitudes can influence us at different levels of conscious awarenessc. verbal reports are more accurate than IAT resultsd. by definition, implicit and explicit attitudes are always at odds with one another

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) attitudes can influence us at different levels of conscious awareness.

The discrepancy between stated and unstated attitudes appear because attitudes can influence us at different levels of conscious awareness.

This conscious awareness and the social environment or circumstance directly affect the way people react or answer to a situation like this. It is difficult to accept in public, a behavior that could be questioned for the social repercussion, or in this case, for a comment that could be accused of being racist. Although the individual firmly believed in that statement, expressing it in public is a risk and probably he/she won't do it.