A Sketch of the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) and the Relational Elaboration and Coherence (REC) Model

By D. Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, Ian Stewart, S. Boles. 2010

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The current article outlines a behavior-analytic approach to the study of so-called implicit attitudes and cognition. The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP), the conceptual basis of which was derived from relational frame theory, is offered as a methodology that may be used in the experimental analysis of implicit attitudes and beliefs. The relational elaboration and coherence (REC) model provides a possible relational-frame account of the findings that have emerged from the IRAP. The article first outlines the research history that led to the development of the IRAP, followed by a description of the method. The REC model and how it explains a range of IRAP data are then considered. The article also outlines how both the IRAP and the REC model overlap with, and differ from, similar research found in the non-behavior-analytic literature.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Dominance of Associative Theorizing in Implicit Attitude Research: Propositional and Behavioral Alternatives (2011, background): “…are typically required to reach a standard of 80% correct responses and a median response time of less than 2,000 ms. Failure to maintain these criteria across successive test blocks results in the removal of data (see Barnes-Holmes et al., 2010, for a more detailed overview of the procedure).”
Implicit measures in social and personality psychology (2014, background): “(1998) Implicit Relational Barnes-Holmes et al. evaluative, semantic individual individual .20-.80 Assessment Procedure (2010) Recoding Free Implicit Rothermund et al. evaluative, semantic pairs pairs .55-.65 Association Test (2009) Semantic Priming Wittenbrink et al. semantic individual individual ”
Holding on to our functional roots when exploring new intellectual islands: A voyage through implicit cognition research (2012, background): “While a number of studies have attempted to account for the predictive relationship between BIRRs and other types of behavior (Barnes-Holmes et al., 2010; Nicholson & Barnes-Holmes, 2012; Roddy et al., 2010; 2011), only simple associative or additive patterns have been examined.”