Famous cognitive psychology experiments that failed to replicate
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- The replication crisis in psychology revealed many widely accepted results were not replicable.
- Ego Depletion Effect: Claimed willpower depletes with use; failed to replicate (Hagger et al., 2016).
- Power Posing Effect: Expansive postures increase confidence; failed to replicate (Ranehill et al., 2015).
- Social Priming: Elderly words slow walking; failed to replicate (Doyen et al., 2012).
- Money Priming Effect: Thinking about money increases selfishness; failed to replicate (Rohrer et al., 2015).
- ESP Precognition Effect: Predicting future events; failed to replicate (Galak et al., 2012).
- Cleanliness and Morality Effect: Cleanliness leads to moral laxity; failed to replicate (Johnson et al., 2014).
- Glucose and Ego Depletion: Glucose recharges willpower; failed to replicate (Lange & Eggert, 2014).
- Hunger and Risk-Taking: Cookie scent increases risk-taking; failed to replicate (Festjens et al., 2018).
- Psychological Distance & Construal Level Theory: Abstract vs. concrete thinking; under scrutiny.
- Ovulation & Mate Preferences: Women prefer hot guys during fertile days; failed to replicate (Stern et al., 2020).
- Marshmallow Test: Delayed gratification predicts success; weak replication (Watts et al., 2018).
- Stereotype Threat: Women's math performance affected by stereotypes; failed to replicate (Flore & Wicherts, 2015).
- Smile to Feel Better: Forced smiles increase happiness; failed to replicate (Wagenmakers et al., 2016).
- Objective Measurement of Biases: Predicting racism with quick answers; mixed evidence (Oswald et al., 2013).
- Mozart Effect: Listening to Mozart boosts intelligence; failed to replicate (Pietschnig et al., 2010).
- Growth Mindset Interventions: Teaching malleable intelligence improves performance; mixed results.
- Bilinguals Are Smarter: Bilingualism provides cognitive advantages; failed to replicate (Lehtonen et al., 2018).