Trying to separate the wheat from the chaff: Construct- and faking-related variance on the Implicit Association Test (IAT)

Running head: FAKING THE IAT Faking the IAT: Aided and Unaided Response Control on the Implicit Association Tests

One pragmatic goal of implicit tools like the Implicit Association Tests (IAT) is to rule out self-presentation and controlled responding. Three experiments examined whether the IAT meets this goal, using Turkish and German groups along with positive and negative traits. Experiment 1 was an Internet study. After completing a naïve IAT pretest, participants were instructed to fake on a posttest ...

Running head : FAKING IAT EFFECTS Novel attitudes can be faked on the Implicit Association Test

Faking in the Autobiographical Implicit Association Test

The autobiographical Implicit AssociationTest (aIAT) was recently introduced in this journal as a new and promising lie-detection tool. The initial report found 91% accuracy in determining which of two autobiographical events was true. It was suggested that the aIAT, unlike other lie-detection tests, is resistant to faking. We investigated whether participants can strategically alter their perf...

Hiring. How to Separate the Wheat from the Chaff

Job applicants frequently lie or cover up important information. In fact, 40% of the résumés received by companies contain inaccuracies. The result of this chicanery is that companies often end up choosing the wrong professionals, which has damaging consequences. Luckily, human resources professionals have numerous ways to prevent poor hiring decisions from being made, thus sparing themselves f...

To separate wheat and chaff.