The document discusses the results of an Implicit Association Test (IAT) measuring implicit attitudes towards Arab-Muslims versus other people. The respondent showed a slight automatic preference for other people compared to Arab-Muslims. Most other respondents also find it easier to associate Arab-Muslim with bad and other people with good. The IAT was created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to measure how attitudes may have shifted unconsciously due to the attacks and subsequent military responses.

1. You have completed the Arab-Muslim - Other People IAT.
Your Result
Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for Other People
compared to Arab Muslims.
Thank you for your participation. Just below is a breakdown of the scores generated
by others. Most respondents find it easier to associate Arab
Muslim with Bad andOther
People with Good compared
to the reverse.
This new test was prompted
by the events of September
11, 2001. Suicide pilots,
identified as Arab Muslims,
crashed airplanes into the
World Trade Center towers
in New York City and the
Pentagon in Washington,
D.C. killing about 4,000
people. That attack, and the
military response by the
United States and other
countries in Afghanistan and
Iraq have surely influenced
conscious and unconscious beliefs and attitudes.
We constructed this test of attitude toward Arab Muslims relative to a category
consisting of 'Other People' from around the world. Unfortunately, we do not have
data on implicit attitudes toward Arab Muslims prior to September 11, with which
the attitudes since can be compared. Nevertheless, we introduce this test because
we expect that the events of September 11 and its aftermath open a new chapter
in the history of the relations among world communities that differ in religious,
political, and social ideology. As with other tests at this site, this one may provide
insight into implicit attitudes that may not be in line with conscious attitudes or
desired attitudes.
Many of the questions that you answered on the previous page have been
addressed in research over the last 10 years. For example, the order that you
performed the response pairing is influential, but procedural corrections largely
eliminate that influence (see FAQ #1). Each visitor to the site completes the task in
a randomized order. If you would like to learn more about the IAT, please visit
the FAQs and background information section.

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