APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
First Language Effect in Implicit Social Cognition
- Kirsten Morehouse
Harvard University - Mahzarin Banaji
Harvard University - Steven Lehr
Cangrade, inc.
Abstract
Across three experiments and three bilingual populations (N = 513), we find the first reliable evidence for a First Language Effect (FLE). Using the Implicit Association Test (IAT), we observed that implicit attitudes aligned participants’ earliest childhood language, indicating that Implicit Social Cognition is stably rooted in early childhood experience.
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