@AMRotella

👩🏻‍🔬 Researcher - Science of social incentives 👀 🔭 Cooperation & Competition; Inequality; Morality; Cultural Change 🍃 Evolutionary & Ecological approaches

 Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
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Joined June 2014
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1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟 Does moral licensing really exist?? 👀(doing a good thing, then a less good thing) ➡️ Many failed replications. Why? ➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test—to uncover when & why it happens 🧵👇 @NorthumbriaPsych #SocialPsych
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44 citations on my paper from 2020 - 'Failure to replicate moral licensing and moral cleansing in an online experiment'. So, they can be cited! It also led me to develop stronger theory & methods addressing bigger quesions in the field. Null results are incredibly valuble!
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"Researchers value null results, but struggle to publish them" "only 30% of respondents with null results had attempted to publish them" "69% didn’t think null results would be accepted for publication" nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Researchers value null results, but struggle to publish them

Nature - Survey finds that fear of reputational harm and a lack of support and publication platforms are among respondents’ key concerns.

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Rational ≠ Reasonable. Across five studies we find that people deliberately switch standards of “good judgment” depending on the task. in press in Open Mind🔗 doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fc8n…
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🚨Job alerts ! 🚨 Northumbria is hiring ⭐Vice Chancellor Fellows⭐ 🧠Psychology 🤾🏻‍♂️Sports & Exercise 🔬Methods in Health & Social Care - Assistant Profs, with 3 years for research focus - then transition to regular role ⬇️ Links Below ⬇️
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Sports, Exercise & Rehabilitation: work4.northumbria.ac.uk/#en/…
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Methods in Health and Social Care: work4.northumbria.ac.uk/#en/…
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Five years ago, @DanTGilbert and Susan Fiske contacted me and @EliJFinkel to join them as editors for the HSP 6th ed. Dan envisioned a completely free, open access edition and I doubted it was possible. Today, Dan proved me wrong, and I present the HSP 6th ed.
Daniel Gilbert@DanTGilbert19 May 2025
Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the all-new 6th edition. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com/
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Daniël Lakens@lakens14 May 2025
If you design a study to test a prediction, you need to be able to falsify it. In frequentist statistics this is achieved through an equivalence test. You can't have an informative test if you can't prove yourself wrong. Learn about equivalence testing. lakens.github.io/statistical…
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HBES@HumBehEvoSoc15 May 2025
The HBES 2025 elections are open for all executive positions! HBES members can vote by logging in to the HBES website, and a page will appear with access to the ballot. See for details: hbes.com/hbes-elections-2025… Have your voice heard!

HBES Elections 2025 - HBES

Dear HBES community, The Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES) is conducting elections for all offices. Votes will be collected until June 2, 2025. We kindly ask you to cast your vote and use...

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Daniel Sznycer@dsznycer8 May 2025
Cross-cultural evidence that intergroup conflict heightens preferences for dominant leaders: A 25-country study sciencedirect.com/science/ar… Happy to be part of this large-scale project led by the great Lasse Laustsen pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons…
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Steven Heine@StevenHeine48 May 2025
A reminder that not all replications are equal. Online replications can't always be expected to replicate findings that are contingent upon in-person cues.
Amanda Rotella@AMRotella8 May 2025
1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟 Does moral licensing really exist?? 👀(doing a good thing, then a less good thing) ➡️ Many failed replications. Why? ➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test—to uncover when & why it happens 🧵👇 @NorthumbriaPsych #SocialPsych
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Jan Zilinsky
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Fascinating results:
Amanda Rotella@AMRotella8 May 2025
1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟 Does moral licensing really exist?? 👀(doing a good thing, then a less good thing) ➡️ Many failed replications. Why? ➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test—to uncover when & why it happens 🧵👇 @NorthumbriaPsych #SocialPsych
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Very cool
Amanda Rotella@AMRotella8 May 2025
1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟 Does moral licensing really exist?? 👀(doing a good thing, then a less good thing) ➡️ Many failed replications. Why? ➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test—to uncover when & why it happens 🧵👇 @NorthumbriaPsych #SocialPsych
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I found this troubling when setting up my experimental studies. I can't say I am urprised.
Sam Pratt@sampratt997 May 2025
Lots of famous findings about human behavior are built on the results of economic games - tasks where participants allocate resources or make choices with different payoffs. A new study finds that up to 70% of participants don't understand the instructions of these games.
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7/ 🌟This paper reframes moral licensing as a social effect—not a purely internal one based on self-regulation. 🌟And it shows how experimental methods can shape the effects we (dis)cover. Check out preprint: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/tm…

Observation Moderates the Moral Licensing Effect: A Meta-Analytic Test of Interpersonal and...

Moral licensing occurs when someone who initially behaves morally, subsequently acts less morally. We apply reputation-based theories to predict when and why it occurs. As pre-registered, we predic...

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8/8 Huge thanks to my co-authors Jisoo Jung, Chris Chinn, and Pat Barclay, to everyone who shared their data, and reviewers for helping make the paper stronger!! 💪🏻 Questions or comments? I’d love to hear them! 🧠💬 #OpenScience #MoralPsychology #MetaAnalysis #SocialPsych
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