Amanda Rotella

1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟 Does moral licensing really exist?? 👀(doing a good thing, then a less good thing) ➡️ Many failed replications. Why? ➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test—to uncover when & why it happens 🧵👇 @NorthumbriaPsych #SocialPsych

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@ThomasTalhelm Yeah, I've had this too! I've also had pushback about power for another null study I had published, when my sample was over 3x the size of the orginal paper, and had more than enough power to address the replication questions! just not enough power for additional questions...ugh

@AMRotella I hear that! A journal editor at American Psychologist called my null finding "invalid." But I persisted and got it published elsewhere eventually! x.com/ThomasTalhelm/…

44 citations on my paper from 2020 - 'Failure to replicate moral licensing and moral cleansing in an online experiment'. So, they can be cited! It also led me to develop stronger theory & methods addressing bigger quesions in the field. Null results are incredibly valuble!

Rational ≠ Reasonable. Across five studies we find that people deliberately switch standards of “good judgment” depending on the task. in press in Open Mind🔗 doi.org/10.31234/osf.i…

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If you design a study to test a prediction, you need to be able to falsify it. In frequentist statistics this is achieved through an equivalence test. You can't have an informative test if you can't prove yourself wrong. Learn about equivalence testing. lakens.github.io/statistical_in…

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@ThomasTalhelm Thanks! It was an interesting project

@AMRotella Important work! Thanks for the contribution. 👏

1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟 Does moral licensing really exist?? 👀(doing a good thing, then a less good thing) ➡️ Many failed replications. Why? ➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test—to uncover when & why it happens 🧵👇 @NorthumbriaPsych #SocialPsych

Cross-cultural evidence that intergroup conflict heightens preferences for dominant leaders: A 25-country study sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Happy to be part of this large-scale project led by the great Lasse Laustsen pure.au.dk/portal/en/pers…

A reminder that not all replications are equal. Online replications can't always be expected to replicate findings that are contingent upon in-person cues.

Fascinating results:

@Professologue Thanks so much!

@AMRotella Excellent - goes to the root of the matter.

Very cool

I found this troubling when setting up my experimental studies. I can't say I am urprised.

8/8 Huge thanks to my co-authors Jisoo Jung, Chris Chinn, and Pat Barclay, to everyone who shared their data, and reviewers for helping make the paper stronger!! 💪🏻 Questions or comments? I’d love to hear them! 🧠💬 #OpenScience #MoralPsychology #MetaAnalysis #SocialPsych

7/ 🌟This paper reframes moral licensing as a social effect—not a purely internal one based on self-regulation. 🌟And it shows how experimental methods can shape the effects we (dis)cover. Check out preprint: osf.io/preprints/psya…