Effects of Participant Displeasure on the Social-Psychological Study of Power on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk

Effects of Participant Displeasure on the Social-Psychological Study of Power on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk

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Recall-based power Gift Wrapping priming is a popular research design that is widely disliked by Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) workers.This article assesses the potential consequences of such displeasure through a conceptual replication of Fast et al.on MTurk.Specifically, this article assesses the extent to which recall-based priming can elicit a sense of high power and positive emotion.Findings indicate that being primed with a sense of high power through recall does not elicit the expected positive change in emotion.

Findings also indicate that recall-based priming is a less effective manipulation of power than an alternative priming method with which participants were more willing to participate.Unlike the recall-based prime, this alternative prime also replicated Fast et al.’s original findings.These results are attributed to the incompatibility between feeling powerful and participating in a disliked study design.Findings highlight the importance of addressing worker displeasure in power research, and this article suggests how displeasure can be avoided as well as how such displeasure may be a detriment to other areas Horse Harnesses of research.