TY - JOUR
T1 - A creative destruction approach to replication: Implicit work and sex morality across cultures
AU - Tierney, Warren
AU - Hardy, Jay
AU - Ebersole, Charles R.
AU - Viganola, Domenico
AU - Clemente, Elena Giulia
AU - Gordon, Michael
AU - Hoogeveen, Suzanne
AU - Haaf, Julia
AU - Dreber, Anna
AU - Johannesson, Magnus
AU - Pfeiffer, Thomas
AU - Chapman, Hanah
AU - Gantman, Ana
AU - Vanaman, Matthew
AU - DeMarree, Kenneth
AU - Igou, Eric R.
AU - Wylie, Jordan
AU - Storbeck, Justin
AU - Andreychik, Michael R.
AU - McPhetres, Jon
AU - Vaughn, Leigh Ann
AU - Collaboration, Culture and Work Forecasting
AU - Uhlmann, Eric Luis
AU - E.L.,
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104060
DO - 10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104060
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-1031
VL - 93
JO - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
IS - 0
ER -