***IMPORTANT NOTE***: This list was compiled on October 13, 2015 solely for an in press paper at JPSP, to be referenced as additional replications of social psych findings **beyond** large-scale replication efforts such as RP:P, Social Psych special issue, ML1, and ML3 and was not meant to be disseminated widely. Hence, this list is completely out-of-date. For a more systematic effort to track replications in psychology, see Curate Science.
The table below lists successful (n=3) and unsuccessful (n=111) high-powered direct replications of social psychology findings (known to us on October 13, 2015). For simplicity, only replications with statistical power >= 80% to detect an effect size as large (or larger) than the original finding are included (citation counts according to Google Scholar, retrieved October 2015). This list was tabulated as additional evidence to support the broader position that the current incentive structure in social psychology is not conducive to generating cumulative knowledge in light of several meta-scientific investigations revealing low replicability rates of social psychology findings (e.g., Reproducibility Project: 76% replication failure rate of social psychology studies; Social Psych special issue: 70% failure rate; Many Labs 3: 88% failure rate).
Effect |
Cited |
Unsuccessful |
Successful |
Elderly |
3703 |
Pashler et al. (2009) Cesario et al. (2007, Study 2) Doyen et al. (2012, Study 1) Doyen et al. (2012, Study 2) |
– |
Achievement |
1672 |
Harris et al. (2013, Study 1) Harris et al. (2013, Study 2) |
– |
Deliberation-without-attention |
973 |
Acker (2008) Calvillo & Penaloza Lassiter et al. (2009) Newell et al. (2009) Rey et al. (2009) Thorsteinson & Withrow Nieuwenstein & van Rijn (2012, Study 1) Nieuwenstein & van Rijn (2012, Study 2) |
– |
Behavioral-consequences-of |
943 |
Rotteveel et al. (2015, Study 1) Rotteveel et al. (2015, Study 2) |
– |
Glucose-boosts-self-control |
853 |
Cesario & Corker (2010) Astrologo et al. (2014) |
– |
Disgust |
713 |
Johnson et al. (2015) Zhong et al. (2010, Study 2) |
– |
Physical |
693 |
Lynott et al. (2014, Study 1) Lynott et al. (2014, Study 2) Lynott et al. (2014, Study 3) |
– |
Money |
686 |
Tate (2009) Grenier et al. (2012) Rohrer et al. (2015, Study 1) Rohrer et al. (2015, Study 2) Rohrer et al. (2015, Study 3) |
– |
Intelligence |
676 |
Eder et al. (2001) Shanks et al. (2013, Study 4) Shanks et al. (2013, Study 5) Shanks et al. (2013, Study 6) Shanks et al. (2013, Study 8) |
– |
Fertility |
602 |
Harris (2011) |
– |
Macbeth |
578 |
Earp et al. (2014, Study 1) Earp et al. (2014, Study 2) Earp et al. (2014, Study 3) Gamez et al. (2011, Study 2) Gamez et al. (2011, Study 3) Fayard et al. (2009, Study 1) |
– |
Pre-cognition |
393 |
Wagenmakers et al. (2011) Galak et al. (2012, Study 1) Galak et al. (2012, Study 2) Galak et al. (2012, Study 3) Galak et al. (2012, Study 4) Galak et al. (2012, Study 6) Galak et al. (2012, Study 7) Ritchie et al. (2012, Study 1) Ritchie et al. (2012, Study 2) Ritchie et al. (2012, Study 3) |
Galak et al. (2012, Study 5)
|
Status-legitimacy |
344 |
Brandt (2013, Study 1) Brandt (2013, Study 2) Brandt (2013, Study 3) |
– |
Red-cognitive-impairment |
321 |
Steele et al. (2015, Study 1) Steele et al. (2015, Study 2) Steele et al. (2015, Study 3) Steele et al. (2015, Study 4) |
– |
Power |
304 |
Ranehill et al. (2015) Koch & Broughal |
– |
Cleanliness |
278 |
Johnson et al. (2014a, Study 1) Johnson et al. (2014a, Study 2) Lee et al. (2013) Johnson et al. (2014b) |
– |
Reduced |
258 |
Korndorfer et al. (2015, Study 1) Korndorfer et al. (2015, Study 2) Korndorfer et al. (2015, Study 3) Korndorfer et al. (2015, Study 4) Korndorfer et al. (2015, Study 5) Korndorfer et al. (2015, Study 6) Korndorfer et al. (2015, Study 7) Korndorfer et al. (2015, Study 8) |
Morling et al. (2014) |
Social |
247 |
Pashler et al. (2012, Study 1) Pashler et al. (2012, Study 2) Johnson & Cesario Johnson & Cesario Sykes et al. (2012) |
– |
Color |
227 |
Steele (2013) Steele (2014) |
– |
Social |
117 |
Donnellan et al. (2015, Study 1) Donnellan et al. (2015, Study 2) Donnellan et al. (2015, Study 3) Donnellan et al. (2015, Study 4) Donnellan et al. (2015, Study 5) Donnellan et al. (2015, Study 6) Donnellan et al. (2015, Study 7) Donnellan et al. (2015, Study 8) Donnellan et al. (2015, Study 9) Ferrell et al. (2014) McDonald et al. (2015) |
– |
Red-boosts-attractiveness |
98 |
Banas et al. (2013) Blech (2014) Hesslinger et al. (2015) |
– |
Fertility |
60 |
Harris & Mickes |
– |
Process |
55 |
Tobin & LeBel |
Tobin & LeBel |
Honesty |
47 |
Pashler et al. (2013, Study 1) Pashler et al. (2013, Study 2) Pashler et al. (2013, Study 3) |
– |
Modulation |
45 |
Madurski & LeBel Madurski & LeBel |
– |
Embodiment |
31 |
LeBel & Wilbur (2014, Study 1) LeBel & Wilbur (2014, Study 2) Perfecto, Moon, & Nelson (2012) |
– |
Time |
25 |
Connnors et al. (in press, Study 1) Connnors et al. (in press, Study 2) |
– |
Heat |
23 |
McCarthy (2014, Study 1) McCarthy (2014, Study 1) |
– |
Treating-prejudice-with-imagery |
22 |
McDonald et al. (2014, Study 1) McDonald et al. (2014, Study 2) |
– |
Religion |
11 |
McCullough & Hone (2015) |
– |
Attachment-warmth |
10 |
LeBel & Campbell (2013, Study 1) LeBel & Campbell (2013, Study 2) |
– |