Reflection and Reasoning in Moral Judgment : Two Preregistered
Replications of Paxton, Ungar, and Greene (2012)

J 2022

Reflection and Reasoning in Moral Judgment : Two Preregistered Replications of Paxton, Ungar, and Greene (2012)

HEREC, Jonáš, Jaroslav SÝKORA, Kamil BRAHMI, David VONDRÁČEK, Oldřiška DOBEŠOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Reflection and Reasoning in Moral Judgment : Two Preregistered Replications of Paxton, Ungar, and Greene (2012)

Authors

HEREC, Jonáš (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jaroslav SÝKORA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kamil BRAHMI (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), David VONDRÁČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Oldřiška DOBEŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin SMĚLÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin VACULÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jakub PROCHÁZKA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Cognitive Science, Hoboken, Wiley, 2022, 0364-0213

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50101 Psychology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.500

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/22:00126407

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13168

UT WoS

000827112100001

Keywords in English

Moral judgment; Moral reasoning; Reflection; Argument strength; Replication

Abstract

V originále

This study consists of two preregistered systematic replications of an experiment on reflection and reasoning in moral judgment by Paxton, Ungar, and Greene (2012). Czech students read a scenario involving incest between consenting adult siblings and an argument supporting the moral acceptability of the behavior. We manipulated the factors of argument strength (strong vs. weak) and the time that participants had to reflect on the argument (no time vs. 2 min). In the first replication (n = 347), neither the manipulated factors nor their interaction influenced how participants rated the moral acceptability of the incestuous behavior. The only significant predictor in the second replication (n = 717) was argument strength but with a very small effect. The effect of argument strength did not differ across groups either with or without deliberation time. Therefore, neither of the studies replicated the effect that deliberation time moderates the influence of argument strength on moral judgment, even though the samples were considerably larger than in the original study. We thus conclude that the effect of the interaction between the strength of an argument and deliberation time on moral judgment either does not exist or is moderated by certain contextual or sample characteristics.

Links

MUNI/A/1073/2019, interní kód MU

Name: Behaviorální aspekty organizací (Acronym: BEHORG)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

MUNI/A/1376/2018, interní kód MU

Name: Faktory ovlivňující pracovní výkon

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

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HEREC, Jonáš, Jaroslav SÝKORA, Kamil BRAHMI, David VONDRÁČEK, Oldřiška DOBEŠOVÁ, Martin SMĚLÍK, Martin VACULÍK and Jakub PROCHÁZKA. Reflection and Reasoning in Moral Judgment : Two Preregistered Replications of Paxton, Ungar, and Greene (2012). Cognitive Science. Hoboken: Wiley, 2022, vol. 46, No 7, p. 1-11. ISSN 0364-0213. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13168.

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HEREC, Jonáš, Jaroslav SÝKORA, Kamil BRAHMI, David VONDRÁČEK, Oldřiška DOBEŠOVÁ, Martin SMĚLÍK, Martin VACULÍK and Jakub PROCHÁZKA. Reflection and Reasoning in Moral Judgment : Two Preregistered Replications of Paxton, Ungar, and Greene (2012). \textit{Cognitive Science}. Hoboken: Wiley, 2022, vol.~46, No~7, p.~1-11. ISSN~0364-0213. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13168.

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