Revisiting Feeling of Threat and Agency Detection : On conducting & finishing our first registered report
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Many journals offer the possibility to submit a Registered Report - a relatively new publishing format in which a manuscript is subjected to peer-review prior to conducting the proposed study. This publishing format shifts the workload to the early phase of the project and has several advantages including increased transparency in reporting and publishing. The current panel brings together four teams who have participated in the Open Science of Religion Project – a funding initiative to foster the use of Registered Reports in the scientific study religion. Each of the teams will reflect on their experiences with publishing a registered report study. Elisha Lepine will present the results from an experimental study on ‘Church Contexts Matter: An ongoing registered report investigating the link between religious practice and meaning in life’ in which the authors investigated the effect of a contextual manipulation (i.e., a high vs. a low church context) on perceived meaning in life. Cameron MacKey will present a registered report study on ‘Faithless found: Replication and extension of Gervais (2011).’ to test the hypothesis that the perceived prevalence of atheists affects distrust of atheists. Adam Cohen will present his registered report study on ‘Morality of Mentality and Culture: a replication and cross-cultural extension’ to test if Protestants compared to Jews display more harsh judgments of immoral thoughts compared to immoral behavior. Finally, Jana Nenadalova & Piotr Szymanek will discuss findings from an experimental study on ‘Revisiting feeling of threat and agency detection: Towards an OSR preregistered study’ in which they use Virtual Reality to test central predictions from the theory of hyperactive agency detection. The panel will conclude with a discussion on the nuts and bolts of registered reports, including a critical reflection on the potential merits and limitations of this publishing format. |
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