Replication of Experiencing physical warmth promotes interpersonal warmth by Williams and Bargh
Lynott, Corker, Wortman, Connell, Donnellan, Lucas and O'Brien, Social Psychology 45(3), 2014, 216-222. Three high-powered independent replications of Study 2 of Williams and Bargh: participants evaluated hot or cold therapeutic packs then chose a reward framed as prosocial (treat a friend) or self-interested. No effect in any lab or pooled, total 861 participants; conclusion: no evidence that brief exposure to warm packs induces more prosocial responding than cold packs.
Lynott, Corker, Wortman, Connell, Donnellan, Lucas and O'Brien, Social Psychology 45(3), 2014, 216-222. Three high-powered independent replications of Study 2 of Williams and Bargh: participants evaluated hot or cold therapeutic packs then chose a reward framed as prosocial (treat a friend) or self-interested. No effect in any lab or pooled, total 861 participants; conclusion: no evidence that brief exposure to warm packs induces more prosocial responding than cold packs.
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(2008).” Social Psychology, 45(3), 216-222. doi:10.1027/1864-9335/a000187 https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000187