THE HIDE-AND-SEEK OF HIDDEN COVARIATION DETECTION - REPLY TO LEWICKI,HILL, AND CZYZEWSKA (1997)

P. Lewicki, M. Czyzewska, and H. Hoffman (1997) argued that H. Hendric kx, J. De Houwer, F. Baeyens, P. Eelen, and E. Van Avermaet's (1997) f ailures to replicate hidden covariation detection (HCD) were due to pr ocedural weaknesses. They also discuss theoretical arguments and evide nce supposedly supportive of the generality and robustness of the phen omenon. In the current article, the authors argue that the boundary co nditions Lewicki et al. proposed are not based on experimental evidenc e, that they are too vague, and that the criteria they give for obtain ing HCD are applied in a highly selective way. Further, Lewicki et al. did not take alternative explanations of the null results into accoun t. The authors conclude that HCD is not as general and robust as previ ously suggested and that research efforts must be directed at identify ing its boundary conditions.