Heavy issues are more important
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Kristen Stewart, Maura McVeigh, Ivana Stojkov, Kimberly Daubman. Heavy issues are more important. (2012, September 24). Retrieved 00:26, May 26, 2013 from http://www.PsychFileDrawer.org/replication.php?attempt=MTMyMLA Style
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"Heavy issues are more important", Kristen Stewart, Maura McVeigh, Ivana Stojkov, Kimberly Daubman, , http://www.PsychFileDrawer.org/replication.php?attempt=MTMy (accessed May 26, 2013)CBE/CSE Style
Heavy issues are more important [Internet]. Kristen Stewart, Maura McVeigh, Ivana Stojkov, Kimberly Daubman; 2012 Sep 24, 12:59 [cited 2013 May 26]. Available from: http://www.PsychFileDrawer.org/replication.php?attempt=MTMy| Reference to Original Report of Finding | Jostmann, N. B., Lakens, D. & Schubert, T. W. (2009). Psychological Science 2009 20: 1169 |
| Title | Heavy issues are more important |
| If the original article contained multiple experiments, which one did you attempt to replicate? e.g., you might respond 'Study 1' or 'Experiment 4'. | Study 2 |
| Link to PDF of Original Report | View Article |
| Brief Statement of Original Result | Student participants who held a heavy clipboard indicated that it was more important for students to have a say in decisions that affected them than did participants who held a light clipboard. |
| Type of Replication Attempted | Fairly Direct Replication |
| Result Type | Successful Replication |
| Difference? | Same Direction, .002 |
| Number of Subjects | 46 |
| Number of Subjects in Original Study | 51 |
| Year in which Replication Attempt was Made | 2012 |
| Name of Investigators (Real Names Required) | Kristen Stewart, Maura McVeigh, Ivana Stojkov, Kimberly Daubman |
| Detailed Description of Method/Results |
Participants who were either entering or exiting the University library were approached by three student researchers and asked if they could take a minute to answer a question. Participants were then handed a clipboard. The weight of the clipboard was varied by handing a random half of the participants a clipboard which contained only one piece of paper and handing the other half of the participants a clipboard that also contained a three-subject spiral notebook. The piece of paper explained that the university was considering shortening the winter break and participants were asked to indicate how important they thought it was for student opinions to be taken into consideration (where 1=not at all and 7=very) Results: Participants in the light clipboard condition indicated that it was less important to take student opinions into consideration (M=5.96, SD=1.16) than did participants in the heavy clipboard condition (M=6.79, SD=.41), t(46)=3.13, p=.002. |
| Any Known Methodological Differences (between original and present study)? | In order to make the issue more relevant to our population, we used a different issue (shortening winter break) than was used in the original study (reducing a study abroad grant). Also, the original study was done in the Netherlands with Dutch students and our study was done in the United States with American students. Finally, the original study was done in a laboratory whereas our study was done at a public location on campus. |
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| Name of individuals who actually carried out the project | The first three authors collected and analyzed the results under the supervision of the fourth author. |
| Location of Project | Bucknell University in front of library |
| Characteristics of Subjects (subject pool, paid, etc.) | University students from subject pool University students who were not paid and who were not part of the General Psychology subject pool. |
| Where did these subjects reside? | Unspecified |
| Was this a Class Project? | No |
| Further Details of Results as pdf | |
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| 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 | |
