We are a group of undergradute students at Brigham Young University-Idaho who are conducting this direct replication study for our Experiencing Research course. We are under the supervision of Dr. Bradford J. Wiggins, and our study will contain a sample of at least 60 undergraduate students at Brigham Young University-Idaho. **Student Researchers****:** Lauren Kellogg, Sarah Ames, Elaine Dalley, Mallorie Peppin, Katie Franc, and Alex Kucinski. **Supervisor****:** Dr. Bradford J. Wiggins ### Purpose The purpose of this direct replication is to test the reproducibility of the original hypotheses and findings of the Eskine (2011) study, “A Bad Taste in the Mouth: Gustatory Disgust Influences Moral Judgment”. ### Abstract Do different tasting substances change the way that people make judgements about moral situations? This is a direct replication of an experiment initially run by Kendall J. Eskine, Natalie A. Kacinik, and Jesse J. Prin. The study tests the hypothesis that there is a link between physical disgust and moral disgust. For our replication we will be using three different beverages: one bitter, one sweet, and a neutral liquid of water. Around 60 participants will be drawn from a pool of students at Brigham Young University – Idaho who are enrolled in a general psychology course in the Fall 2016 semester. Through the use of random assignment, the participants will consume one of three beverages (sweet, bitter, or neutral) in conjunction with selected moral scenarios, which will be alternated between each version, on a scale of how morally wrong they seem. Results from the original study have shown that gustatory experience does in fact have a significant influence on moral processing. This seemed to influence participants who had politically conservative views more so than those who had politically liberal views. We expect our results to reflect these same conclusions. ### Study Materials In the Files section, we have the original.... * [Vignettes](https://osf.io/t4jxs/) * [Manipulation Check](https://osf.io/wbjgd/) * Informed consent for the [Water](https://osf.io/x3u7s/), [Juice](https://osf.io/3xucz/), and [Bitters](https://osf.io/znkgv/) conditions ### Recommendation from the original author "I recommend your students practice "selling" the cover story as described in the methods." ### Notes from CREP Team To obtain a CREP replication reward the minimum N for this project is 57. **Cover Story**. Some questions arose during the course of the replication in regards to the cover story. It is described in the paper and in the informed consent form. Because we could not get in touch with the original author, we have created a new cover story based on the consent form and the method of the paper. Please read the following to participants: "In this study you will be asked to read several vignettes and make judgments about the characters in them. Your job will be to judge the actions of the characters. During this task, you will be asked to drink a beverage. The purpose of this study is to determine whether motor movements involved with drinking influence your judgments while reading about others. In order to successfully attain this, please drink each dose in a single swift motion, as if you were drinking a shot." **Swedish Bitter** The brand of the Swedish Bitter was not identified, and we could not get in touch with the original author. Given that Swedish Bitters are likely comparable, we suggest any brand to be acceptable for this study. **Distractor Task** The original paper also describes a distraction task. One of our replication teams developed a distractor task to match as closely as possible as what was described in the methods. It is available [here][1]. [1]: https://osf.io/3qtax/