FIKRLOVÁ, Jana, Lenka ČECHOVÁ, Tereza LEBEDOVÁ, Patrik PÝCHA, Alena ŠEŠULKOVÁ, Jakub PROCHÁZKA and Martin VACULÍK. The power of red : The influence of colour on evaluation and failure – A replication. Acta Psychologica. Amsterdam: Elsevier, vol. 198, July, p. 1-5. ISSN 0001-6918. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102873. 2019.
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Original name The power of red : The influence of colour on evaluation and failure – A replication
Authors FIKRLOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lenka ČECHOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tereza LEBEDOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Patrik PÝCHA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Alena ŠEŠULKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jakub PROCHÁZKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Martin VACULÍK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Acta Psychologica, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2019, 0001-6918.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW článek v databázi ScienceDirect
Impact factor Impact factor: 1.380
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/19:00110267
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102873
UT WoS 000483659800016
Keywords in English Red colour; Achievement context; Failure; Replication
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: doc. Ing. Mgr. Jakub Procházka, Ph.D., učo 99533. Changed: 19/9/2019 08:02.
Abstract
This replication of a study by >Rutchick, Slepian, and Ferris (2010) examines the influence of the colour of a pen on the activation of associations with failure and the focus on errors. We assigned two tasks to 198 students who completed them using either a red or a blue pen. The students were instructed to complete several word stems in the first task. In the second, we asked them to mark mistakes in a text. The participants using red pens completed significantly more word stems with words associated with failure than those using blue pens. The participants using red pens also marked significantly more mistakes in a text than those using blue pens. Our results support the findings of the original study and the hypothesized influence of the colour red in inducing a higher activation of associations with failure and a heightened focus on mistakes. Our study further contributes to research in this area in that it takes into account the participants' field of study and creates an explicit achievement context in which the observed phenomenon is most prevalent.
Links
MUNI/A/0880/2017, interní kód MUName: Faktory ovlivňující výkon a postoje pracovníků: důkazy o kauzalitě
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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