How might we assess the likelihood that prospective jury members will be racially biased when determining guilt or innocence, when the jury members themselves do not think they are biased or prejudiced in any way?

1. Most measurement instruments (e.g., surveys and other self- report measures) are predicated on the assumption that people have access to their cognitive processes and are sufficiently aware of their psychological states to be able to report them accurately. However, research indicates that we might not always have access to our psychological processes, nor are we always able to accurately determine why we are currently feeling or acting a certain way. How might we assess the likelihood that prospective jury members will be racially biased when determining guilt or innocence, when the jury members themselves do not think they are biased or prejudiced in any way? If you are a consultant for a jury selection firm, how could you estimate people’s implicit bias toward certain racial or ethnic groups, particularly in the context of a courtroom (i.e., where using an IAT procedure is not feasible)?