Undoing: Cleansing the guilt away
by Corley, Seth D., M.A., STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY, 2008, 48 pages; 1452106

Abstract:

The current study replicated and extended the work of Zhong and Liljenquist (2006). One hundred fourteen undergraduate students created either an ethical or unethical story using stimuli from the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). They were then offered a choice between a number 2 pencil and a sanitary hand wipe as a small compensation for their participation. It was hypothesized that participants in the unethical condition would be significantly more likely to select a wipe than participants in the ethical condition. A chi-square analysis revealed that there was no significant difference between the ethical and unethical conditions (p = .13). The percentage of participants that chose a wipe was nearly identical between groups. The results lend little support to Zhong and Liljenquist's (2006) conclusion that the induction of guilt activates an unconscious need for cleansing.

 
AdviserGerg Ford
SchoolSTEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 46-04, p. , May 2008
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsClinical psychology; Personality psychology
Publication Number1452106
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