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Manipulation Checks as Manipulation: Another Look at the Ease-of-Retrieval Heuristic

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: u.kuehnen{at}jacobs-university.de.

	Abstract

Previous findings suggest that individuals rely on ease of retrieval primarily under low judgment elaboration. However, in these previous studies the manipulation check (MC) has always been measured before the dependent variable (DV). It is argued that this sequence increases the likelihood that individuals rely on subjective experience particularly under conditions that prevent considering retrieved contents. Four conceptual replications of such previous findings are reported where the manipulation of the MC-DV order was added to the original design. In all four cases (Study 1 on accuracy motivation, Study 2 on cognitive capacity, Study 3 using a misattribution paradigm, and Study 4 on power), ease-of-retrieval effects under low-judgment-elaboration conditions were observed only if the MC measurement preceded the DV, but not with reversed order.

First published on October 29, 2009
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2009, doi:10.1177/0146167209346746


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