Avoiding Stimulus Confounds in Implicit Association Tests by Using the Concepts as Stimuli Melanie C. Steffens, Michael Kirschbaum, & Petra Glados Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena In press, British Journal of Social Psychology Address of corresponding author: Melanie Steffens Institut für Psychologie Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Am Steiger 3, Haus 1 D-07743 Jena, Germany E-mail: Melanie.steffens@uni-jena.de Phone:+49-3641-945 111 Authors’ Notes Please address correspondence to Melanie Steffens, Institut für Psychologie, Friedrich- Schiller-Universität Jena, Am Steiger 3, Haus 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany, E-mail: Melanie.steffens@uni-jena.de. The writing of this paper was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (grant Ste 938/6-1). We thank Mahzarin Banaji for ideas that inspired the research project presented here, Irena Ebert, Elena Hutwelker, Janette Schult, Rul von Stülpnagel, and Erin Marie Thompson for critical comments and crucial contributions, and Linda Beitz, Nang Hee Chun, Anja Fuchs, Kinga Muszer, Teodora Raduncheva, Susanne Schmid, and Sigrid Wagner for their help with the selection of materials and data collection. Running head: Avoiding stimulus confounds in IATs