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Registered Replication Report on Mazar, Amir, and Ariely (2008)

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Verschuere, Bruno, Meijer, Ewout H., Jim, Ariane, Hoogesteyn, Katherine, Orthey, Robin, McCarthy, Randy J., Skowronski, John J., Acar, Oguz A., Aczel, Balazs, Bakos, Bence E. et al.
(2018) Registered Replication Report on Mazar, Amir, and Ariely (2008). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1 (3). pp. 299-317. doi:10.1177/2515245918781032

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Abstract

The self-concept maintenance theory holds that many people will cheat in order to maximize self-profit, but only to the extent that they can do so while maintaining a positive self-concept. Mazar, Amir, and Ariely (2008, Experiment 1) gave participants an opportunity and incentive to cheat on a problem-solving task. Prior to that task, participants either recalled the Ten Commandments (a moral reminder) or recalled 10 books they had read in high school (a neutral task). Results were consistent with the self-concept maintenance theory. When given the opportunity to cheat, participants given the moral-reminder priming task reported solving 1.45 fewer matrices than did those given a neutral prime (Cohen’s d = 0.48); moral reminders reduced cheating. Mazar et al.’s article is among the most cited in deception research, but their Experiment 1 has not been replicated directly. This Registered Replication Report describes the aggregated result of 25 direct replications (total N = 5,786), all of which followed the same preregistered protocol. In the primary meta-analysis (19 replications, total n = 4,674), participants who were given an opportunity to cheat reported solving 0.11 more matrices if they were given a moral reminder than if they were given a neutral reminder (95% confidence interval = [−0.09, 0.31]). This small effect was numerically in the opposite direction of the effect observed in the original study (Cohen’s d = −0.04).

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science
Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Problem solving -- Corrupt practices -- Testing, Deception
Journal or Publication Title: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
Publisher: Sage Publications
ISSN: 2515-2459
Official Date: 1 September 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
1 September 2018Published
4 September 2018Available
Volume: 1
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 299-317
DOI: 10.1177/2515245918781032
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
401.16.001/3873[NWO] Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoekhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003246
UNSPECIFIEDAssociation for Psychological Sciencehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009556
UNSPECIFIEDArnold P. Gold Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100001645

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