@article { , title = {Registered replication report on Mazar, Amir, and Ariely (2008)}, abstract = {The self-concept maintenance theory holds that many people will cheat in order to maximize self-profit, but only to the extent that they can do so while maintaining a positive self-concept. Mazar, Amir, and Ariely (2008, Experiment 1) gave participants an opportunity and incentive to cheat on a problem-solving task. Prior to that task, participants either recalled the Ten Commandments (a moral reminder) or recalled 10 books they had read in high school (a neutral task). Results were consistent with the self-concept maintenance theory. When given the opportunity to cheat, participants given the moral-reminder priming task reported solving 1.45 fewer matrices than did those given a neutral prime (Cohen’s d = 0.48); moral reminders reduced cheating. Mazar et al.’s article is among the most cited in deception research, but their Experiment 1 has not been replicated directly. This Registered Replication Report describes the aggregated result of 25 direct replications (total N = 5,786), all of which followed the same preregistered protocol. In the primary meta-analysis (19 replications, total n = 4,674), participants who were given an opportunity to cheat reported solving 0.11 more matrices if they were given a moral reminder than if they were given a neutral reminder (95\% confidence interval = [−0.09, 0.31]). This small effect was numerically in the opposite direction of the effect observed in the original study (Cohen’s d = −0.04).}, doi = {10.1177/2515245918781032}, eissn = {2515-2467}, issue = {3}, journal = {Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science}, pages = {299-317}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {SAGE Publications}, url = {https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/861524}, volume = {1}, keyword = {Psychological Sciences Research Group, Formerly Health & Social Sciences, cheating, morality, honesty, replication, Many Labs, open data, open materials, preregistered}, year = {2018}, author = {Verschuere, Bruno and Meijer, Ewout H. and Jim, Ariane and Hoogesteyn, Katherine and Orthey, Robin and McCarthy, Randy J. and Skowronski, John J. and Acar, Oguz A. and Aczel, Balazs and Bakos, Bence E. and Barbosa, Fernando and Baskin, Ernest and Bègue, Laurent and Ben-Shakhar, Gershon and Birt, Angie R. and Blatz, Lisa and Charman, Steve D. and Claesen, Aline and Clay, Samuel L. and Coary, Sean P. and Crusius, Jan and Evans, Jacqueline R. and Feldman, Noa and Ferreira-Santos, Fernando and Gamer, Matthias and Gomes, Sara and González-Iraizoz, Marta and Holzmeister, Felix and Huber, Juergen and Isoni, Andrea and Jessup, Ryan K. and Kirchler, Michael and klein Selle, Nathalie and Koppel, Lina and Kovacs, Marton and Laine, Tei and Lentz, Frank and Loschelder, David D. and Ludvig, Elliot A. and Lynn, Monty L. and Martin, Scott D. and McLatchie, Neil M. and Mechtel, Mario and Nahari, Galit and Özdo?ru, Asil Ali and Pasion, Rita and Pennington, Charlotte R. and Roets, Arne and Rozmann, Nir and Scopelliti, Irene and Spiegelman, Eli and Suchotzki, Kristina and Sutan, Angela and Szecsi, Peter and Tinghög, Gustav and Tisserand, Jean Christian and Tran, Ulrich S. and Van Hiel, Alain and Vanpaemel, Wolf and Västfjäll, Daniel and Verliefde, Thomas and Vezirian, Kévin and Voracek, Martin and Warmelink, Lara and Wick, Katherine and Wiggins, Bradford J. and Wylie, Keith and Y?ld?z, Ezgi} }