Reparation difficulty was experimentally manipulated without eliciting actual commitment.
Evidence
In order to manipulate the diffi culty of making reparations, we varied the number of signatures the participants would be asked to collect before they could return the petition. Participants read that they would need to collect 5, 50, or 100 signatures in the low, moderate, and high diffi culty conditions, respectively. … At no point in the study were participants asked directly to collect signatures; participants were only told they would be given an opportunity to do so after their participation in the study was complete. Participants were not asked to indicate their willingness, intent, or commitment to collect signatures. — Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparations…, 51
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Reparation difficulty has an inverted-U effect on collective guilt — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 70; The reparation-difficulty effect is specific to guilt, not other emotions. — Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparations…, 86
Related
- Collective guilt peaks at moderate rather than low or high reparation difficulty (similarity 0.86)
- The reparation-difficulty effect is specific to guilt, not other emotions. (similarity 0.85)
- Reparation difficulty was manipulated by varying required signature counts of 5, 50, or 100. (similarity 0.85)
- Reparation difficulty has an inverted-U effect on collective guilt (similarity 0.85)
Broader Connections
- The reparation-difficulty effect is specific to guilt, not other emotions.
#corroborates(0.85) — Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparations…, 86