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

By Dermot Lynott, Katherine S. Corker, Jessica A Wortman, Louise Connell, M. B. Donnellan, Richard E. Lucas, O. Kerry, Brien. 2014

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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.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science

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Registered Reports A Method to Increase the Credibility of Published Results (2014, background): “Second, several teams (Brandt, IJzerman, & Blanken, 2014; Calin-Jageman & Caldwell, 2014; Johnson, Cheung, & Donnellan, 2014; Lynott et al., 2014) replicated recent work that has received substantial attention and citation.”