A multilab replication of the induced-compliance paradigm of cognitive dissonance

Vaidis, David C. and Sleegers, Willem W.A. and van Leeuwen, Florian and DeMarree, Kenneth G. and Sætrevik, Bjørn and Ross, Robert M. and Schmidt, Kathleen and Protzko, John and Morvinski, Coby and Ghasemi, Omid and Roberts, Andrew J. and Stone, Jeff and Bran, Alexandre and Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Amélie and Gunsoy, Ceren and Moussaoui, Lisa S. and Smith, Andrew R. and Nugier, Armelle and Fayant, Marie Pierre and Al-Hoorie, Ali H. and Appiah, Obed K. and Arbige, Spencer and Aubert-Teillaud, Benjamin and Bialobrzeska, Olga and Bordel, Stéphanie and Boudjemadi, Valerian and Brohmer, Hilmar and Cabooter, Quinn and Chahir, Mehdi and Chassang, Ianis and Chatard, Armand and Chou, Yu Yang and Chung, Sungeun and Cristea, Mioara and Daga, Joséphine and Depow, Gregory J. and Desrichard, Olivier and Dubrov, Dmitrii and Evans, Thomas R. and Falkowicz, Séverine and Ferreira, Sylvain and Figureau, Tim and Fointiat, Valérie and Friedrich, Théo and Gashkova, Anastasia and Girandola, Fabien and Granjon, Marine and Grigoryev, Dmitry and Günaydın, Gül and Güzel, Şevval and Hazrati, Mahsa and Helmy, Mai and Ikeda, Ayumi and Inzlicht, Michael and Jaubert, Sara and Kasanov, Dauren and Khoddami, Mohammad Mohsen and Kim, Taenyun and Kiyokawa, Kiyoshi and Kodapanakkal, Rabia I. and Kosachenko, Alexandra and Maedge, Kortney and Mahaney, John H. and Martinie, Marie Amélie and Mascheretti, Vitor N. and Matsuda, Yoriko and Mauduy, Maxime and Mauny, Nicolas and Metzen, Armand and Moreno-Bella, Eva and Moya, Miguel and Nadarajah, Kévin and Nejat, Pegah and Norman, Elisabeth and Olcaysoy Okten, Irmak and Özdoğru, Asil A. and Özer, Ceyda and Padial-Rojas, Elena and Pavlov, Yuri G. and Perusquia-Hernandez, Monica and Proost, Dora and Rabinovitch, Aleksandra and Rohmer, Odile and Selçuk, Emre and Sénémeaud, Cécile and Shani, Yaniv and Shmeleva, Elena A. and Simoens, Emmelie and Smith, Kaitlin A. and Somat, Alain and Song, Hayeon and Sonmez, Fatih and Souchet, Lionel and Taylor, John J. and van Beest, Ilja and Van der Linden, Nicolas and Verheyen, Steven and Verschuere, Bruno and Vezirian, Kevin and Vieira, Luc and Wiechert, Sera and Willis, Guillermo B. and Wollast, Robin and Xia, Ji and Yamada, Yuki and Yoshimura, Naoto and Priolo, Daniel (2024) A multilab replication of the induced-compliance paradigm of cognitive dissonance. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7 (1). ISSN 2515-2459 (Print) 2515-2467 (Online)

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Abstract

According to cognitive-dissonance theory, performing counterattitudinal behavior produces a state of dissonance that people are motivated to resolve, usually by changing their attitude to be in line with their behavior. One of the most popular experimental paradigms used to produce such attitude change is the induced-compliance paradigm. Despite its popularity, the replication crisis in social psychology and other fields, as well as methodological limitations associated with the paradigm, raise concerns about the robustness of classic studies in this literature. We therefore conducted a multilab constructive replication of the induced-compliance paradigm based on Croyle and Cooper (Experiment 1). In a total of 39 labs from 19 countries and 14 languages, participants (N = 4,898) were assigned to one of three conditions: writing a counterattitudinal essay under high choice, writing a counterattitudinal essay under low choice, or writing a neutral essay under high choice. The primary analyses failed to support the core hypothesis: No significant difference in attitude was observed after writing a counterattitudinal essay under high choice compared with low choice. However, we did observe a significant difference in attitude after writing a counterattitudinal essay compared with writing a neutral essay. Secondary analyses revealed the pattern of results to be robust to data exclusions, lab variability, and attitude assessment. Additional exploratory analyses were conducted to test predictions from cognitive-dissonance theory. Overall, the results call into question whether the induced-compliance paradigm provides robust evidence for cognitive dissonance.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: attitude change; cognitive dissonance; counterattitudinal essay; induced compliance; multilabs; replication
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Gül Günaydın
Date Deposited: 08 Jun 2024 20:55
Last Modified: 08 Jun 2024 20:55
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/49125

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