Are "implicit" attitudes unconscious?

@article{citeulike:528294, abstract = {A widespread assumption in recent research on attitudes is that self-reported (explicit) evaluations reflect conscious attitudes, whereas indirectly assessed (implicit) evaluations reflect unconscious attitudes. The present article reviews the available evidence regarding unconscious features of indirectly assessed "implicit" attitudes. Distinguishing between three different aspects of attitudes, we conclude that (a) people sometimes lack conscious awareness of the origin of their attitudes, but that lack of source awareness is not a distinguishing feature of indirectly assessed versus self-reported attitudes, (b) there is no evidence that people lack conscious awareness of indirectly assessed attitudes per se, and (c) there is evidence showing that, under some conditions, indirectly assessed (but not self-reported) attitudes influence other psychological processes outside of conscious awareness. Implications for the concept of "implicit attitudes" are discussed.}, author = {Gawronski, Bertram and Hofmann, Wilhelm and Wilbur, Christopher J. }, citeulike-article-id = {528294}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2005.11.007}, journal = {Consciousness and Cognition}, keywords = {attitudes, consciousness, explicit, implicit, unconsciousness}, posted-at = {2006-03-03 14:11:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Are "implicit" attitudes unconscious?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2005.11.007}, volume = {In Press, Corrected Proof} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:528294 L3 - citeulike-article-id:528294 TI - Are "implicit" attitudes unconscious? JF - Consciousness and Cognition VL - In Press, Corrected Proof N2 - A widespread assumption in recent research on attitudes is that self-reported (explicit) evaluations reflect conscious attitudes, whereas indirectly assessed (implicit) evaluations reflect unconscious attitudes. The present article reviews the available evidence regarding unconscious features of indirectly assessed "implicit" attitudes. Distinguishing between three different aspects of attitudes, we conclude that (a) people sometimes lack conscious awareness of the origin of their attitudes, but that lack of source awareness is not a distinguishing feature of indirectly assessed versus self-reported attitudes, (b) there is no evidence that people lack conscious awareness of indirectly assessed attitudes per se, and (c) there is evidence showing that, under some conditions, indirectly assessed (but not self-reported) attitudes influence other psychological processes outside of conscious awareness. Implications for the concept of "implicit attitudes" are discussed. KW - attitudes KW - consciousness KW - explicit KW - implicit KW - unconsciousness AU - Gawronski, Bertram AU - Hofmann, Wilhelm AU - Wilbur, Christopher UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2005.11.007 ER -