A person with covert prejudicial feelings towards gays and lesbians would most likely have the slowest reaction times to which of the following word pairs presented using the implicit association test?
A)gay-wrong
B)straight-right
C)lesbian-bad
D)gay-good

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The Implicit Association Test (IAT) measures the strength of associations between concepts and evaluations or stereotypes. A person with covert prejudicial feelings towards gays and lesbians would likely have slower reaction times to word pairs that contradict their biases, such as "gay-good" or "lesbian-good," because these pairings do not align with their negative implicit attitudes.

A Person with Covert Prejudicial Feelings Towards Gays and Lesbians