Don't mind meat (replication of Study 2 from Bastian et al., 2012)

This study will aim to replicate finding from Study 2 from Bastian et al. (2012) that motivated-cognition processes make people rate the mental capacities of animals (lambs and cows) as comparatively lower when they learn that these animals are bred for human consumption and will be slaughtered. Besides directly replicating Study 2 from Bastian et al., 2012, we also aim to extend this study by testing whether the effect of motivated cognition is moderated by meat-eating; we expect that motivated-cognition effect should be stronger in persons who eat meat. References Bastian, B., Loughnan, S., Haslam, N., & Radke, H. R. M. (2012). Don’t Mind Meat? The Denial of Mind to Animals Used for Human Consumption. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38(2), 247–256. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167211424291