Replication of the superstition and performance study by Damisch, Stoberock, and Mussweiler (2010)

Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-245

  Calin Jageman, Robert J ^a   Caldwell, Tracy L ^a  

^a DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Luck; Replication; Self efficacy; Superstition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901725699     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000190     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Aruguete, M. S., Goodboy, A. K., Jenkins, W. J., Mansson, D. H., & McCutcheon, L. E. (2012). Does religious faith improve test performance? North American Journal of Psychology, 14, 185-196.
2. Cumming, G. (2011). Understanding the new statistics: Effect sizes, confidence intervals, and meta-analysis. New York, NY: Routledge.
3. Damisch, L. (2008). Keep your fingers crosssed! The influence of superstition on subsequent task performance and its mediating mechanism (Doctoral dissertation, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany). University of Cologne. Retrieved from http://kups.ub.uni-koeln. de/2471
4. Damisch, L., Stoberock, B., & Mussweiler, T. (2010). Keep your fingers crossed! How superstition improves performance. Psychological Science, 21, 1014-1020. doi: 10.1177/0956797610372631
5. Doheny, L. (2010, July 16). Good Luck Charms Might Just Work. U. S. News Health. Retrieved from http://health. usnews.com/health-news/family-health/ brain-and-behavior/articles/2010/07/16/good-luck-charms-might-just-work
6. Dupont, W. D., & Plummer, W. D. (1998). Power and sample size calculations for studies involving linear regression. Controlled Clinical Trials, 19, 589-601.
7. Galton, F. J. (1872). Statistical inquiries into the efficacy of prayer. The Forthnightly Review, 12, 125-135. doi: 10.1093/ije/dys109
8. Good-Luck-Gifts.com. (n. d.). Lucky charms really work. Retrieved from http://www.good-luck-gifts.com/index.php/lucky-charms-guide/118-lucky-charms- really-work
9. Henrich, J., Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33, 61-63. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X0999152X
10. Hutson, M. (2010, February). Harder, Better, Faster, Luckier [Web log post]. Psychology Today, Psyched! Blog. Retrieved from http://www. psychologytoday.com/blog/psyched/201002/harder-better-faster-luckier
11. Lee, C., Linkenauger, S. A., Bakdash, J. Z., Joy-Gaba, J. A., & Profitt, D. R. (2011). Putting like a pro: The role of positive contagion in golf performance and perception. PloS One, 6, e26016. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone. 0026016
12. Matute, H. (1994). Learned helplessness and superstitious behavior as opposite effects of uncontrollable reinforcement in humans. Learning and Motivation, 25, 216-232. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ article/pü/S0023969084710125
13. Simmons, J. P., Nelson, L. D., & Simonsohn, U. (2011). Falsepositive psychology: Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant. Psychological Science, 22, 1359-1366. doi: 10.1177/0956797611417632
14. Skinner, B. (1948). "Superstition" in the pigeon. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 38, 168-172. Retrieved from http://psycnet.apa.org/ journals/xge/38/2/168