16/02/2022, 08:41 Debriefing

Thank you for participating! The sorting test you just took is called the Implicit Association Test (IAT). You categorized pictures and words associated
with future and past with words related to good and bad.

We asked you to complete the IAT two times because we are interested in how consistent people are in their performance. Knowing more about the
consistency in performance may tell us a lot about what factors go into someone's IAT score and whether the task can tell us information about
someone that is enduring and reliable.

Here is your result from the first time you completed the IAT:
Your data suggest strong automatic preference for Future over Past.

And here is your result from the second time you completed the IAT:
Your data suggest strong automatic preference for Future over Past.

Disclaimer:

These results are not a definitive assessment of your implicit preference. The results may be influenced by variables related to the test (e.g., the
category labels or particular items used to represent the categories on the IAT) or the person (e.g., how tired you are). The results are provided for
educational purposes only.

How Does The IAT Work?

The IAT measures the strength of associations between concepts (e.g., future, past) and attributes (e.g., good, bad). The main idea is that making a
response is easier when closely related items share the same response key. We would say that one has an implicit preference for future relative to past
if they are faster to categorize stimuli when future and good share a response key relative to when past and good share a response key. Any single IAT
is unlikely to predict behavior well for a specific individual. In the aggregate, the IAT can predict behavior such as discrimination in hiring and promotion,
medical treatment, and decisions related to criminal justice.

What Was This Study About?

In this study, we are investigating how consistent people are in their IAT performance. You were asked to answer several questions and sorted stimuli
related to future AND past as well as words associated with good and bad. In this study, we are interested in seeing how much agreement there was
between the two times you completed the IAT. We currently only have limited evidence on the degree to which performance on the IAT is either quite
consistent or likely to fluctuate over time.

Does The Order In Which I Took The IAT Matter?

Yes, the order in which you take the IAT can influence your overall results. But, the effect is very small. So if you first pair future + good / past + bad and
then pair future + bad / past + good, your results might be just a tiny bit different than they would be if you had done the reverse pairing first. To
minimize the order effect, we give more practice trials before the second pairing than we did before the first pairing. We also randomly assign
participants to one of the two possible orderings, so half of the test-takers complete future + good / past + bad and then future + bad / past + good,
and the other half get the opposite order.

I Still Have Questions About The Study.

If you have questions about the IAT, please check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (/implicit/faqs.html). If you have any questions or
comments about the study, please email the lead investigator Jordan Axt (jordan.axt@mcgill.ca) (mailto:jordan.axt@mcgill.ca).

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Thank you again for participating in this research! We have learned so much from people like you taking the time to be part of our work. If you have
time, please consider taking another test by clicking the button below.

As a non-profit organization, we would also appreciate your financial support. Since establishment in 2005, we have educated more than a million
visitors each year about implicit biases concerning race, gender, sexual orientation, and other topics. Your donation supports Project Implicit's
educational, scientific, and public service missions.

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