White is associated with light and day which is associated with good, while black is associated with darkness and night which is associated with bad. Has anyone tried an IAT with white and black objects, which aren’t faces? If so, what was the result, as compared to the IAT for white and black people?
I don’t think this is it, though it was certainly true as our language was taking shape (by candlelight), as seen in the uses of many of our words that contain “white” and “black”.
Modern anglophones seem to prefer buying black objects to white in most cases where either would be equally practical. Look at TVs, videos, dresses, cars, etc.
White is associated with light and day which is associated with good, while black is associated with darkness and night which is associated with bad. Has anyone tried an IAT with white and black objects, which aren’t faces? If so, what was the result, as compared to the IAT for white and black people?
I don’t think this is it, though it was certainly true as our language was taking shape (by candlelight), as seen in the uses of many of our words that contain “white” and “black”.
Modern anglophones seem to prefer buying black objects to white in most cases where either would be equally practical. Look at TVs, videos, dresses, cars, etc.