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 Gender Bias and Cooperation: Insights From the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure and a Work-Analogue Task |
| Sunday, May 25, 2025 |
| 11:30 AM–11:50 AM |
| Marriott Marquis, M4 Level, Archives |
| Area: VBC |
| Instruction Level: Intermediate |
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| Gender Bias and Cooperation: Insights From the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure and a Work-Analogue Task |
| Domain: Basic Research |
| DONNA MARIE WEST (University of Nevada, Reno), Ramona Houmanfar (University of Nevada, Reno) |
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| Abstract: Gender bias is ubiquitous in our society. The term “implicit bias” might be understood from a behavior analytic perspective as Brief, Immediate, Relational Responses (BIRRs) pertaining to a set of stimuli, including gender-related stimuli. Research has demonstrated the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure’s (IRAP) ability to measure BIRRs and predict Extended and Elaborated Relational Responses (EERRs). Recent literature has captured BIRR-EERR relationships as they pertain to cooperation in a work analogue task. The present series of studies sought to extend these findings by examining the relationship between gender-related BIRRs and participants’ cooperation with pseudo-partners of different genders in an analogue work task. Two pilot studies highlighted the need to enhance the relevancy of the BIRRs being assessed by the IRAP. Therefore, study 1 included an IRAP stimulus-selection survey conducted with a representative sample. Study 2 assessed the predictiveness of two IRAPs including gender-related stimulus sets that demonstrated shared stimulus functions across participants in the stimulus-selection survey. Results demonstrated the predictive utility of the two IRAPs on differential choices to pick a woman or man for a partner in the work task and sensitivity to partner accuracy. Implications and suggestions for future research will be discussed. |
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