Irene Blanken
Tilburg University
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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | 2015
Irene Blanken; Niels van de Ven; Marcel Zeelenberg
Moral licensing refers to the effect that when people initially behave in a moral way, they are later more likely to display behaviors that are immoral, unethical, or otherwise problematic. We provide a state-of-the-art overview of moral licensing by conducting a meta-analysis of 91 studies (7,397 participants) that compare a licensing condition with a control condition. Based on this analysis, the magnitude of the moral licensing effect is estimated to be a Cohen’s d of 0.31. We tested potential moderators and found that published studies tend to have larger moral licensing effects than unpublished studies. We found no empirical evidence for other moderators that were theorized to be of importance. The effect size estimate implies that studies require many more participants to draw solid conclusions about moral licensing and its possible moderators.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | 2015
Yvette van Osch; Irene Blanken; Maartje H. J. Meijs; Job van Wolferen
We tested whether the perceived physical attractiveness of a group is greater than the average attractiveness of its members. In nine studies, we find evidence for the so-called group attractiveness effect (GA-effect), using female, male, and mixed-gender groups, indicating that group impressions of physical attractiveness are more positive than the average ratings of the group members. A meta-analysis on 33 comparisons reveals that the effect is medium to large (Cohen’s d = 0.60) and moderated by group size. We explored two explanations for the GA-effect: (a) selective attention to attractive group members, and (b) the Gestalt principle of similarity. The results of our studies are in favor of the selective attention account: People selectively attend to the most attractive members of a group and their attractiveness has a greater influence on the evaluation of the group.
Management Science | 2017
Ellen R.K. Evers; Yoel Inbar; Irene Blanken; Linda D. Oosterwijk
We find a “matching effect” in policy evaluations. For behaviors seen as positive but voluntary (such as organ donation) people prefer policies that are framed as advantaging those who act positively rather than disadvantaging those who fail to do so. Conversely, for behaviors seen as positive and obligatory, people prefer policies that are framed as disadvantaging those who fail to fulfill obligations rather than advantaging those who do so. We find that these differences in policy evaluations occur even when policy outcomes are identical, i.e., when the only difference between the policies is how they are framed. These differences emerge both for evaluations of hypothetical policies, as well as when implementation of the policy directly affects the evaluator. Furthermore, differences in evaluations are not the result of misunderstanding of — or lack of deliberation about — policy outcomes. Rather, the matching effect appears to follow from lay beliefs about when punishment is and is not appropriate.
Social Psychology | 2014
Irene Blanken; Niels van de Ven; Marcel Zeelenberg; M.H.C. Meijers
Social Psychology | 2014
Mark Brandt; Hans IJzerman; Irene Blanken
Social Psychology | 2014
Hans IJzerman; Irene Blanken; Mark Brandt; J. M. Oerlemans; Marloes van den Hoogenhof; Stephanie Franken; Mathe W. G. Oerlemans
Journal of Marketing Behavior | 2018
Niels van de Ven; Irene Blanken; Marcel Zeelenberg
Archive | 2013
Mark Brandt; Hans IJzerman; Irene Blanken
Archive | 2013
Hans IJzerman; Hanneke Oerlemans; Irene Blanken; Mark Brandt
Archive | 2013
Hans IJzerman; Hanneke Oerlemans; Irene Blanken; Marloes van den Hoogenhof; Stephanie Franken; M.W.G. Oerlemans