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Analysis Of Automatic Judgments Of Religious Belief, Maxine Belén Najle
Analysis Of Automatic Judgments Of Religious Belief, Maxine Belén Najle
Theses and Dissertations--Psychology
The measurement of religious belief has some social desirability concerns that make the development of an implicit measure of religiosity advantageous. Currently, there are few options for implicitly measuring religious belief. This study attempted to add to this literature by analyzing the automatic judgements of religious belief through the use of an implicit measure known as the MouseTrack task, allowing for the measurement of latency in the expression of these beliefs as well as the certainty of these beliefs by tracking the path taken during the decision process. A sample of 121 undergraduates was recruited from the UK SONA subject …
Delicious Justice: Schadenfreude Toward Atheists Bound For Hell, Maxine Najle
Delicious Justice: Schadenfreude Toward Atheists Bound For Hell, Maxine Najle
Theses and Dissertations--Psychology
In the wake of the death of a prominent atheist figure in 2011, an especially unsavory side of anti-atheist prejudice became evident as many celebrated the death of a prominent atheist, rejoicing that he would be in hell. The current study explores how these attitudes reveal a sense of schadenfreude in anti-atheist prejudice previously unexplored in the literature. Potential origins of this schadenfreude are discussed, and a study to experimentally explore this phenomenon was carried out. Using the repeated taste-test paradigm, this study gave participants atheist primes and hell primes between identical drinks and measure perceived taste after these manipulations, …