Cullen, Claire and Barnes-Holmes, Dermot and Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne and Stewart, Ian (2009) The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) and the malleability of ageist attitudes. The Psychological record, 59 (4). pp. 591-620. ISSN 0033-2933

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The current study examined the malleability of implicit attitudes using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP). In Experiment 1, “similar” and “opposite” were presented as response options with the sample terms “old people” and “young people” and various positive and negative target stimuli. Results showed significantly faster response latencies for consistent (e.g., Similar- Positive-Young People) compared to inconsistent tasks (e.g., Similar-Positive-Old People). Explicit measures did not correlate with this IRAP effect. Experiment 2 determined whether prior exposure to pictures of admired and disliked old and young individuals had an impact on IRAP performance. Results revealed that pro-old exemplars reduced the pro-young IRAP effect, but reversed the anti-old effect, and this held for 24 h; explicit measures were largely unaffected. The findings suggest that the IRAP provides an informative measure of attitudechange following pro- versus anti-exemplar training.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	implicit attitudes; transformation of function; multiple exemplars; implicit cognition; relational frame theory; adult humans;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
Item ID:	4969
Depositing User:	Yvonne Barnes-Holmes
Date Deposited:	21 May 2014 13:44
Journal or Publication Title:	The Psychological record
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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