Part 1 here. Part 2 here. Part 3 here. Study 4: “We used a more targeted measure assessing the dimension of belief that we predicted to be relevant to the current effect—attachment security. Individuals who are more securely attached to God perceive God as a better source of security and protection (Kirkpatrick & Shaver, 1992)….
Month: May 2016
Risk-Taking and Religion Part 3
Part 1 here. Part 2 here. Study 3: “Across five studies, priming God increased people’s willingness to take nonmoral risks. In Study 3, we tested our hypothesis that this effect occurs because reminders of God lead individuals to perceive themselves as protected—that is, that the risks present less danger.” For this experiment they went back…
Risk-Taking and Religion Part 2
Part 1 here. “Study 2 was a field experiment in which we posted ads to a social-networking Web site and recorded click-through rates…. We launched six advertisements for 1 day each on a social-networking Web site in a 2 (God vs. no God) × 3 (immoral risk vs. nonmoral risk vs. no risk) design. The…