Cleanliness Primes Less Severe Moral Judgments (#149)
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Melissa Besman, Caton Dubensky, Leanna Dunsmore and Kimberly Daubman. Cleanliness Primes Less Severe Moral Judgments. (2013, February 23). Retrieved 20:39, May 04, 2018 from http://www.PsychFileDrawer.org/replication.php?attempt=MTQ5MLA Style
"Cleanliness Primes Less Severe Moral Judgments" Melissa Besman, Caton Dubensky, Leanna Dunsmore and Kimberly Daubman. 23 Feb 2013 12:49 04 May 2018, 20:39 <http://www.PsychFileDrawer.org/replication.php?attempt=MTQ5>MHRA Style
'Cleanliness Primes Less Severe Moral Judgments', Melissa Besman, Caton Dubensky, Leanna Dunsmore and Kimberly Daubman, , 23 February 2013 12:49 <http://www.PsychFileDrawer.org/replication.php?attempt=MTQ5> [accessed 04 May 2018]Chicago Style
"Cleanliness Primes Less Severe Moral Judgments", Melissa Besman, Caton Dubensky, Leanna Dunsmore and Kimberly Daubman, , http://www.PsychFileDrawer.org/replication.php?attempt=MTQ5 (accessed May 04, 2018)CBE/CSE Style
Cleanliness Primes Less Severe Moral Judgments [Internet]. Melissa Besman, Caton Dubensky, Leanna Dunsmore and Kimberly Daubman; 2013 Feb 23, 12:49 [cited 2018 May 04]. Available from: http://www.PsychFileDrawer.org/replication.php?attempt=MTQ5| Reference to Original Report of Finding | Schnall, S., Benton, J. and Harvey, S. (2008). With a clean conscience: Cleanliness reduces the severity of moral judgments. Psychological Science, 19, 1219-1222. |
| Title | Cleanliness Primes Less Severe Moral Judgments |
| If the original article contained multiple experiments, which one did you attempt to replicate? e.g., you might respond 'Study 1' or 'Experiment 4'. | Experiment 1 |
| Link to PDF of Original Report | View Article |
| Brief Statement of Original Result | Participants who were exposed to cleanliness primes gave less severe moral judgments compared to participants in the control condition. |
| Type of Replication Attempted | Fairly Direct Replication |
| Result Type | Successful Replication |
| Difference? | Same Direction, .04 |
| Number of Subjects | 60 |
| Number of Subjects in Original Study | 40 |
| Year in which Replication Attempt was Made | 2013 |
| Name of Investigators (Real Names Required) | Melissa Besman, Caton Dubensky, Leanna Dunsmore and Kimberly Daubman |
| Detailed Description of Method/Results |
Sixty college students found at various locations around campus were asked to participate in two exercises. The first exercise was a word-scramble task consisting of 40 sets of words. Participants were instructed to underline three words in each set that could be used to create a sentence. For participants in the cleanliness prime condition (n=30), 20 of the word sets contained words associated with cleanliness (e.g., pure, clean). Participants in the control condition(n=30) were given word sets containing only “neutral†words (unrelated to cleanliness). Following this task, all participants were given the same six moral vignettes used in the original study and asked to rate the behavior described in each vignette on a scale of 0 (perfectly okay) to 9 (extremely wrong). Scores on these vignettes were averaged and a one-tailed t-test was conducted. Those primed with cleanliness rated the behaviors less severely than did those in the control group, t(58)=-1.8, p<.04. This result is consistent with the results of the original study. |
| Any Known Methodological Differences (between original and present study)? | We did not use the same word scrambles that were used in the original study. We also had a different gender ratio than the original study. Lastly, we had 60 participants, whereas the original study had 40 participants. |
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| Name of individuals who actually carried out the project | Melissa Besman, Caton Dubensky & Leanna Dunsmore ran subjects and analyzed the data under the supervision of Kimberly Daubman. |
| Location of Project | Various public locations around Bucknell University campus. |
| Characteristics of Subjects (subject pool, paid, etc.) | Other University student volunteers |
| Where did these subjects reside? | United States |
| Was this a Class Project? | Yes |
| Further Details of Results as pdf | |
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| I have complied with ethical standards for experimentation on human beings and, if necessary, have obtained appropriate permission from an Institutional Review Board or other oversight group. | |
| TAG: Attention TAG: JDM TAG: Language TAG: Learning TAG: Memory TAG: Perception TAG: Performance TAG: Problem Solving TAG: Social Cognition TAG: Social Psychology TAG: Thinking | |
