A small priming effect can still matter if widely applied over time

Evidence

The overall effect of religious priming was significant but small in magnitude (r = .06, p < .001). Nevertheless, as Funder and Ozer (2019) note, even small effects can have a big impact when widespread or over long periods of time. — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 85

Categorization

• SHARE: Useful framing for a colleague interpreting r = .06 meta-analytic effects from priming research — worth sending to anyone who dismisses small effect sizes.
• XREF: connects to: Mere exposure effects depend on fluency misattributed to liking, not memory. — Anthony G. Greenwald and Mahzarin R. Banaji, Implicit Social Cognition: Attitudes,…, 103; Religious priming produces real but small and sometimes unreliable effects — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 95; Repetition necessarily alters what it repeats — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader: Selected Works of…, 721

Broader Connections

• Religious priming produces real but small and sometimes unreliable effects #corroborates (0.78) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 95
• Repetition necessarily alters what it repeats #complicates (0.75) — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader, 721