Data of multiple studies from the Many Labs project (Klein et al., 2014) replicating Lorge & Curtiss (1936).
Format
A data frame with 6343 rows and 15 columns:
- ID
participant number
- source
attributed source of the quote: Washington or Bin Laden
- response
evaluation of the quote on a 9-point Likert scale, with 1 indicating disagreement and 9 indicating agreement
- age
participant's age
- sex
participant's sex
- citizenship
participant's citizenship
- race
participant's race
- major
participant's major
- native_language
participant's native language
- referrer
location of where the study was conducted
- compensation
how the participant was compensated for their participation
- recruitment
how the participant was recruited
- separation
description of how the study was administered in terms of participant isolation
- us_or_international
whether the study was conducted in the US or outside of the US (international)
- lab_or_online
whether the study was conducted in the lab or online
Details
Lorge and Curtiss (1936) examined how a quotation is perceived when it is attributed to a liked or disliked individual. The quotation of interest was: "I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in the physical world." In one condition the quotation was attributed to Thomas Jefferson, a liked individual, and in the other condition it was attributed to Vladimir Lenin, a disliked individual. More agreement was observed when the quotation was attributed to Jefferson than Lenin. In the replication studies, the quotation was: "I have sworn to only live free, even if I find bitter the taste of death." This quotation was attributed to either George Washington, the liked individual, or Osama Bin Laden, the disliked individual.
References
Lorge, I., & Curtiss, C. C. (1936). Prestige, suggestion, and attitudes. The Journal of Social Psychology, 7, 386-402. doi:10.1080/00224545.1936.9919891
Klein, R.A. et al. (2014) Investigating Variation in Replicability: A "Many Labs" Replication Project. Social Psychology, 45(3), 142-152. doi:10.1027/1864-9335/a000178