Replication of Experiments Evaluating Impact of Psychological Distance on Moral Judgment (Eyal, Liberman & Trope, 2008; Gong & Medin, 2012)
Abstract
Eyal, Liberman, and Trope (2008) established that people judged moral transgressions more harshly and virtuous acts more positively when the acts were psychologically distant than close. In a series of conceptual and direct replications, Gong and Medin (2012) came to the opposite conclusion. Attempting to resolve these inconsistencies, we conducted four high-powered replication studies in which we varied temporal distance (Studies 1 and 3), social distance (Study 2) or construal level (Study 4), and registered their impact on moral judgment. We found no systematic effect of temporal distance, the effect of social distance consistent with Eyal et al., and the reversed effect of direct construal level manipulation, consistent with Gong and Medin. Possible explanations for the incompatible results are discussed.
Keywords:
replication / psychological distance / moral judgment / construal level theorySource:
Social Psychology, 2014, 45, 3, 223-231Publisher:
- Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, Gottingen
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000188
ISSN: 1864-9335
WoS: 000336836900013
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84901720069
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Žeželj, Iris AU - Jokić, Biljana PY - 2014 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1816 AB - Eyal, Liberman, and Trope (2008) established that people judged moral transgressions more harshly and virtuous acts more positively when the acts were psychologically distant than close. In a series of conceptual and direct replications, Gong and Medin (2012) came to the opposite conclusion. Attempting to resolve these inconsistencies, we conducted four high-powered replication studies in which we varied temporal distance (Studies 1 and 3), social distance (Study 2) or construal level (Study 4), and registered their impact on moral judgment. We found no systematic effect of temporal distance, the effect of social distance consistent with Eyal et al., and the reversed effect of direct construal level manipulation, consistent with Gong and Medin. Possible explanations for the incompatible results are discussed. PB - Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, Gottingen T2 - Social Psychology T1 - Replication of Experiments Evaluating Impact of Psychological Distance on Moral Judgment (Eyal, Liberman & Trope, 2008; Gong & Medin, 2012) EP - 231 IS - 3 SP - 223 VL - 45 DO - 10.1027/1864-9335/a000188 ER -
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Žeželj, I.,& Jokić, B.. (2014). Replication of Experiments Evaluating Impact of Psychological Distance on Moral Judgment (Eyal, Liberman & Trope, 2008; Gong & Medin, 2012). in Social Psychology Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, Gottingen., 45(3), 223-231. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000188
Žeželj I, Jokić B. Replication of Experiments Evaluating Impact of Psychological Distance on Moral Judgment (Eyal, Liberman & Trope, 2008; Gong & Medin, 2012). in Social Psychology. 2014;45(3):223-231. doi:10.1027/1864-9335/a000188 .
Žeželj, Iris, Jokić, Biljana, "Replication of Experiments Evaluating Impact of Psychological Distance on Moral Judgment (Eyal, Liberman & Trope, 2008; Gong & Medin, 2012)" in Social Psychology, 45, no. 3 (2014):223-231, https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000188 . .