When explicit (self-report) measures are used, attitudes toward and beliefs about the same social group are often related to each other but can also be dissociated. The present work used three approaches (correlational, experimental, and archival) to conduct a systematic investigation of the relationship between implicit intergroup attitudes and beliefs. […] Overall, these studies provide convergent evidence for tight connections between implicit attitudes and beliefs, suggesting that the dissociations observed using explicit measures may arise uniquely from deliberate judgment processes.

Even though conscious reflection can disentangle stereotypes from judgements, stereotypes still carry positive or negative valences which affect subconscious attitudes about the target groups.