Cognitive styles and religion.
Journal
Current opinion in psychology
ISSN: 2352-2518
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Psychol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101649136
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2021
08 2021
Historique:
received:
26
06
2020
revised:
16
09
2020
accepted:
18
09
2020
pubmed:
2
11
2020
medline:
26
10
2021
entrez:
1
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
I discuss recent research suggesting that individual differences in cognitive style give rise to and explain religious and related supernatural and paranormal beliefs. To do so, I illustrate intuitive cognitive biases (e.g., anthropomorphism) underlying these beliefs and then review the accumulated evidence indicating that non-believers are more open-minded, reflective, and less susceptible to holding epistemically suspect beliefs (e.g., conspiracy theories) on average than those who believe in supernatural events or paranormal experiences such as astrology or magic. However, seeing religion as a search for truth positively predicts reasoning performance. Although these findings are robust across diverse measures, evidence for a causal relationship remains mixed. Stronger and more precise manipulations and cross-cultural investigations are needed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33130329
pii: S2352-250X(20)30195-0
doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.09.014
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
150-154Informations de copyright
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