Immigration reform has become a controversial topic. If you wanted to measure a person’s beliefs about immigration reform without the influence of social desirability, you would ask them to take:

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To address the question, I’ll evaluate each of the proposed methods for measuring beliefs about immigration reform while minimizing social desirability bias.
Option 1: 'a long attitude questionnaire.' While questionnaires can assess attitudes, they are susceptible to social desirability bias, especially on contentious topics like immigration reform, where respondents may tailor answers to appear favorable. This makes it a weaker choice for minimizing bias.
Option 2: 'a lie detector test.' Polygraph-style measures are not reliable indicators of beliefs or attitudes and are not considered valid or ethical for survey purposes; results can be inconclusive, and the technique does not specifically target social desirability bias in beliefs.
Option 3: 'the Thematic Apperception Test.' The TAT is a projective measure aimed at uncovering motives and personality dynamics through ambiguous images. While it can reveal aspects of motivation or emotion, it is not designed to isolate or mitigate social desirability bias in attitudes toward policy issues like immigration reform.
Option 4: 'the Implicit Association Test.' The IAT is specifically used to assess implicit attitudes by measuring automatic associations that are less consciously controllable, thereby reducing the influence of social desirability on the measurement of beliefs about immigration reform. This makes it the most appropriate tool among the options for capturing genuine attitudes when social desirability is a concern.

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Immigration reform has become a controversial topic. If you wanted to measure a person’s beliefs about immigration reform without the influence of social desirability, you would ask them to take:

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