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Randomness, Attributions of Arousal, and Belief in God
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“Researchers have discovered that religious faith becomes more appealing after reminders of tragic suffering [6], danger [7], randomness [8] and death [9].”
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“In summary, there appear to be at least three plausible contributors to religious disbelief: a lack of exposure to CREDs in the community while growing up, living under conditions of low existential threat, and a reliance on an analytic (vs. intuitive) cognitive style should all increase the likelihood of becoming a disbeliever.”
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“A previously validated task called SST was used to prime randomness in one condition and negativity in the other (Kay et al., 2010).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kay, A. C., Moscovitch, D. A., & Laurin, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Kay, Aaron C.
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-01-08
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 216-218
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2109252709
- Cited by
- 170
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 18
- FWCI
- 16.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
- Keywords
- randomness, belief in God, religious beliefs, randomness perception
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Anxiety, Arousal, Culture, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Male, Religion and Psychology, Placebo Effect, Spirituality, Young Adult
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