The piece argues that reaction‑time tests like the IAT, born from cognitive priming work, were treated as pipelines to the soul and exported into HR, education, and law. But their promise outstripped what they can validly measure about real‑world prejudice, making them poor anchors for policy or training.
— If core DEI tools don’t validly predict discriminatory behavior, institutions need to rethink training, audits, and legal reliance built on 'implicit bias' scores.
Michael Inzlicht
2025.09.24
78% relevant
Inzlicht highlights new work showing implicit-bias tasks (like the IAT) fail to deliver on their promises and describes how scholars try to salvage the concept by blaming the measures—exactly the concern that implicit-bias tests are poor anchors for policy.
Michael Inzlicht
2025.09.10
100% relevant
Michael Inzlicht’s first‑person account of taking the IAT, its framing as a 'bona fide pipeline,' and its rapid mainstreaming (e.g., Clinton’s 2016 debate reference).
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