Out, damned spot: can the "Macbeth Effect" be replicated?
Zhong and Liljenquist (2006) reported evidence of a "Macbeth Effect" in social psychology: a threat to people's moral purity leads them to seek, literally, to cleanse themselves. In an attempt to build upon these findings, we conducted a series of direct replications of Study 2 from Z...
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| description | Zhong and Liljenquist (2006) reported evidence of a "Macbeth Effect" in social psychology: a threat to people's moral purity leads them to seek, literally, to cleanse themselves. In an attempt to build upon these findings, we conducted a series of direct replications of Study 2 from ZandL's seminal report. We used ZandL's original materials and methods, investigated samples that were more representative of the general population, investigated samples from different countries and cultures, and substantially increased the power of our statistical tests. Despite multiple good-faith efforts, however, we were unable to detect a "Macbeth Effect" in any of our experiments. We discuss these findings in the context of recent concerns about replicability in the field of experimental social psychology. © 2014 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a9374625-a9a5-4ebd-8e3b-d24c8fbc97e42022-03-27T03:06:52ZOut, damned spot: can the "Macbeth Effect" be replicated?Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a9374625-a9a5-4ebd-8e3b-d24c8fbc97e4Experimental psychologySocial psychologyEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordRoutledge2014Earp, BEverett, JMadva, EHamlin, JZhong and Liljenquist (2006) reported evidence of a "Macbeth Effect" in social psychology: a threat to people's moral purity leads them to seek, literally, to cleanse themselves. In an attempt to build upon these findings, we conducted a series of direct replications of Study 2 from ZandL's seminal report. We used ZandL's original materials and methods, investigated samples that were more representative of the general population, investigated samples from different countries and cultures, and substantially increased the power of our statistical tests. Despite multiple good-faith efforts, however, we were unable to detect a "Macbeth Effect" in any of our experiments. We discuss these findings in the context of recent concerns about replicability in the field of experimental social psychology. © 2014 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. |
| spellingShingle | Experimental psychology Social psychology Earp, B Everett, J Madva, E Hamlin, J Out, damned spot: can the "Macbeth Effect" be replicated? |
| title | Out, damned spot: can the "Macbeth Effect" be replicated? |
| title_full | Out, damned spot: can the "Macbeth Effect" be replicated? |
| title_fullStr | Out, damned spot: can the "Macbeth Effect" be replicated? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Out, damned spot: can the "Macbeth Effect" be replicated? |
| title_short | Out, damned spot: can the "Macbeth Effect" be replicated? |
| title_sort | out damned spot can the macbeth effect be replicated |
| topic | Experimental psychology Social psychology |
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