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Asking People to Explain Complex Policies Does Not Increase Political Moderation: Three Preregistered Failures to Closely Replicate Fernbach, Rogers, Fox, and Sloman's (2013) Findings

Jarret T. Crawford, John Ruscio

Psychological Science, 2021. DOI 10.1177/0956797620972367

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 failed. The earliest on record is from 2023.

Replications

• Puncturing the Knowledge Illusion Does Not Reduce Policy and Political Extremism: Evidence From a Replication and Extension, Walker et al. (2023). Political Psychology. Outcome recorded: failed. Our results suggest the opposite: Positional extremity is higher when citizens articulate their understanding of policy. View paper

Study replicated

• Political Extremism is Supported by an Illusion of Understanding, Fernbach et al. (2012). PsycEXTRA Dataset. View paper

Cite this record

Crawford, J. T., & Ruscio, J. (2021). Asking People to Explain Complex Policies Does Not Increase Political Moderation: Three Preregistered Failures to Closely Replicate Fernbach, Rogers, Fox, and Sloman's (2013) Findings. Psychological Science, 32(4), 611–621. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620972367

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