Question

Observations on how attitudes about African Americans would affect people’s willingness to vote for Barack Obama in 2008 revealed that people who reported low levels of prejudice but whose scores on the Implicit Association Test (IAT) indicated negative attitudes about blacks were ________ likely to vote for Obama because ________ attitudes were better predictors of behavior than ________ attitudes.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. less;

2.  implicit;

3. explicit

Explanation:

The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is a form of testing or research technique, that seek to measure the level of relationship between concepts and evaluations or stereotype. For example, races and performance.

Also, various research studies, have shown that Implicit Association Test is a better predictor of subsequent behavior than explicit responses.

Hence, in this case, people who reported low levels of prejudice but whose scores on the Implicit Association Test (IAT) indicated negative attitudes about blacks were LESS likely to vote for Obama because IMPLICIT attitudes were better predictors of behavior than EXPLICIT attitudes.