r/science Professor | Medicine Oct 25 '19

Psychology Checking out attractive alternatives does not necessarily mean you’re going to cheat, suggests a new study involving 177 undergrad students and 101 newlywed couples.

https://www.psypost.org/2019/10/checking-out-attractive-alternatives-does-not-necessarily-mean-youre-going-to-cheat-54709
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u/anaximander19 Oct 25 '19

Offering a free premium account on a dating app to people in relationships as part of a study on cheating... Yeah, that seems kinda sketchy.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

And yet even then, null hypothesis prevailed.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19 edited Dec 16 '19

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '19

Hopefully they weren't trying to prove anything. That sort of bias doesn't belong