Universität zu Köln

Hahn, Adam ORCID: 0000-0002-2232-4976 and Goedderz, Alexandra (2020). TRAIT-UNCONSCIOUSNESS, STATE-UNCONSCIOUSNESS, PRECONSCIOUSNESS, AND SOCIAL MISCALIBRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF IMPLICIT EVALUATION. Soc. Cogn., 38. S. S115 - 20. NEW YORK: GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 0278-016X

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Abstract

Implicit evaluations are often assumed to reflect unconscious attitudes. We review data from our lab to conclude that the truth of this statement depends on how one defines unconscious. A trait definition of unconscious according to which implicit evaluations reflect cognitions that are introspectively inaccessible at all times appears to be inaccurate. However, when unconscious is defined as a state which cognitions can be in at specific times, some data suggest that the cognitions reflected on implicit evaluations may sometimes unfold without direct awareness, in that people seem to rarely pay attention to them. Additionally, people appear to be miscalibrated in their reports in that they construe even conscious biases in self-serving ways. This analysis suggests that implicit evaluations do not reflect unconscious cognitions per se, but rather awareness-independent cognitions that are often preconscious and miscalibrated. Discussion centers on the meaning of this analysis for theory and application.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hahn, Adam UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2232-4976 UNSPECIFIED Goedderz, Alexandra UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-312803
DOI:	10.1521/soco.2020.38.supp.s115
Journal or Publication Title:	Soc. Cogn.
Volume:	38
Page Range:	S. S115 - 20
Date:	2020
Publisher:	GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	0278-016X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ASSOCIATION TEST; ATTITUDES; MODEL; COGNITION; SELF; COMPONENTS; AWARENESS; IAT Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/31280