Abstract
Shalvi, Eldar, and Bereby-Meyer (2012) found across two studies (N = 72 for each) that time pressure increased cheating. These findings suggest that dishonesty comes naturally, whereas honesty requires overcoming the initial tendency to cheat. Although the study's results were statistically significant, a Bayesian reanalysis indicates that they had low evidential strength. In a direct replication attempt of Shalvi et al.'s Experiment 2, we found that time pressure did not increase cheating, N = 428, point biserial correlation (rpb) = .05, Bayes factor (BF)01 = 16.06. One important deviation from the original procedure, however, was the use of mass testing. In a second direct replication with small groups of participants, we found that time pressure also did not increase cheating, N = 297, rpb = .03, BF01 = 9.59. These findings indicate that the original study may have overestimated the true effect of time pressure on cheating and the generality of the effect beyond the original context.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 460-467 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Psychological Science |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2020 |
Keywords
- intuition
- cheating
- lying
- honesty
- replication
- moral decision making
- time pressure
- open data
- open materials
- preregistered
- PRESSURE
- TRUTH