AUTHOR=Reichardt Regina , Rivers Andrew M. , Reichardt Joerg , Sherman Jeffrey W. 

TITLE=Further Validation of Measures of Target Detection and Stereotype Activation in the Stereotype Misperception Task

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.573985

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2020.573985

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>Previous research presented a multinomial model to estimate four latent processes (target detection, stereotype activation, stereotype application, guessing) that contribute to responses in the Stereotype Misperception Task, an indirect measure of stereotyping (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">Krieglmeyer and Sherman, 2012</xref>). The present research further investigates the validity of the target detection (D) and stereotype activation (SAC) parameters. To this end, the data from Experiment 2 and Experiment 4 in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">Krieglmeyer and Sherman (2012)</xref> were re-analyzed using a bootstrap method to investigate the robustness of the results. Furthermore, two conceptual replication studies were conducted and analyzed with the same bootstrap method. A manipulation of target distinctness influenced the D parameter as predicted. A manipulation of prime prototypicality influenced the SAC parameter as predicted. Taken together, the results support the validity of the D and SAC model parameters.</p>