Controlled experiments may not predict real-world intervention effects

Evidence

First, the interventions evaluated in this study are based on experiments that may not generalize to real-world settings. The controlled nature of experimental designs might make our findings either too conservative—underestimating the potential of interventions in a more dynamic environment—or overly optimistic, as interventions may perform worse under competitive media and social pressures. — Derek E. Holliday, Yphtach Lelkes, and Sean J. Westwood, Why Depolarization Is Hard, 75

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Derek E. Holliday, Yphtach Lelkes, and Sean J. Westwood, Why Depolarization Is Hard: Evaluating…, 75
• XREF: connects to: Depolarization interventions work in lab settings but fall short of reversing societal polarization. — Derek E. Holliday, Yphtach Lelkes, and Sean J. Westwood, Why Depolarization Is Hard: Evaluating…, 73; Laboratory findings on cooperation may not transfer to real-world decision makers; Interventions based on recategorization fail under real-world constraints (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Interventions effective in controlled settings may fail to produce large-scale durable polarization change. #exemplifies (0.90) — Derek E. Holliday, Yphtach Lelkes, and Sean J. Westwood, Why Depolarization Is Hard, 73
• Laboratory findings on cooperation may not transfer to real-world decision makers #exemplifies (0.88)
• Interventions based on recategorization fail under real-world constraints #exemplifies (0.85)
• Media priming effects had only experimental support, not real-world confirmation #exemplifies (0.82) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1577
• Aversive behavioral interventions suppress behavior locally but fail to transfer and cause escalation #exemplifies (0.80) — , The Rod and the Child, 7424
• Group outcomes can contradict individual behavioral propensities and escape lab study #exemplifies (0.79) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 822
• Laboratory experiments cannot produce many real-world aggressive behaviors #qualifies (0.78) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 719
• Experimentally manipulated realistic threat shows far weaker attitude effects than measured threat #exemplifies (0.76) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 119