ABSTRACT: This article reports two experiments that sought to determine if the
Implicit Association Test (IAT; Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998), a method
for assessing strengths of automatic associations, can be applied to measure consumer
attitudes. The first experiment compared implicit attitudes toward juices and
sodas. Analysis revealed significant correlations between IAT-measured implicit
attitudes and explicit measures of attitudes and behavior toward these product
categories. The second experiment investigated implicit attitudes of female Ss
toward low calorie products and high calorie products. The IAT attitude measure
correlated with dieting activity: Ss who had eating habits restricting high calorie
food intake showed implicit attitudes favoring low calorie products.