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Replication of “Experiencing physical warmth promotes interpersonal warmth” by Williams & Bargh (2008)

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2014
<mark>Journal</mark>Social Psychology
Issue number3
Volume45
Number of pages7
Pages (from-to)216-222
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

We report the results of three high-powered, independent replications of Study 2 from Williams and Bargh (2008). Participants evaluated hot or cold instant therapeutic packs before choosing a reward for participation that was framed as a prosocial (i.e., treat for a friend) or self-interested reward (i.e., treat for the self). Williams and Bargh predicted that evaluating the hot pack would lead to a higher probability of making a prosocial choice compared to evaluating the cold pack. We did not replicate the effect in any individual laboratory or when considering the results of the three replications together (total N = 861). We conclude that there is no evidence that brief exposure to warm therapeutic packs induces greater prosocial responding than exposure to cold therapeutic packs.

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(c) 2014 Hogrefe Publishing. Distributed under the Hogrefe OpenMind License http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/a000001