Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

3-2021

Abstract

How can we maximize what is learned from a replication study? In the creative destruction approach to replication, the original hypothesis is compared not only to the null hypothesis, but also to predictions derived from multiple alternative theoretical accounts of the phenomenon. To this end, new populations and measures are included in the design in addition to the original ones, to help determine which theory best accounts for the results across multiple key outcomes and contexts. The present pre-registered empirical project compared the Implicit Puritanism account of intuitive work and sex morality to theories positing regional, religious, and social class differences; explicit rather than implicit cultural differences in values; self-expression vs. survival values as a key cultural fault line; the general moralization of work; and false positive effects. Contradicting Implicit Puritanism's core theoretical claim of a distinct American work morality, a number of targeted findings replicated across multiple comparison cultures, whereas several failed to replicate in all samples and were identified as likely false positives. No support emerged for theories predicting regional variability and specific individual-differences moderators (religious affiliation, religiosity, and education level). Overall, the results provide evidence that work is intuitively moralized across cultures.

Keywords

Replication, Theory testing, Falsification, Implicit social cognition, Priming, Work values, Culture

Discipline

Applied Behavior Analysis | Experimental Analysis of Behavior | Social Psychology

Research Areas

Psychology

Publication

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volume

93

First Page

1

Last Page

18

ISSN

0022-1031

Identifier

10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104060

Publisher

Elsevier

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Authors

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Comments

SMU authors were part of the Culture & Work Morality Forecasting Collaboration (see Appendix of paper for full list of authors).

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104060

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