Having less,giving more? Two preregistered replications of the relationship between social class and prosocial behavior |
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Institution: | 1. Southern Illinois University, United States of America;2. Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, United States of America;1. Department of Psychology, Sogang University, Republic of Korea;2. Center for Vital Longevity, The University of Texas at Dallas, United States;1. Harz University of Applied Sciences, Germany;2. University of Bamberg, Germany;3. University of Queensland, Australia;1. Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China;2. School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210097, PR China;3. CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China;4. Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China;5. Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, VU Amsterdam, Institute for Brain and Behavior Amsterdam (IBBA), Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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Abstract: | In the present report, we describe two planned direct replications of studies on the relationship between social class and prosocial behavior. In the original studies, individuals with higher socioeconomic status have been shown to behave less prosocially across a variety of domains. This finding continues to influence both research and the public debate on the psychological correlates of social class. At the same time, the validity of the original findings has been contested. Against this background, pre-registered direct replication studies with sufficient statistical power are warranted to test the robustness of these influential findings. We conducted two replication studies to provide valuable diagnostic information with regard to the relationship between social class and prosocial behavior. Our results indicate that the generalizability of the original findings may be much more limited than suggested. In addition, they highlight the need for an increased reliance on psychometrically established measures to facilitate cumulative research on the relationship between social class and prosocial behavior. |
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Keywords: | Replication Prosocial behavior Social class Socioeconomic status |
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