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Includes bibliography.
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Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
2010
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2010
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Living in complex social environments consists not only of sets of individuals
with their own dyadic relationships but also whose own dyadic relationships with other
group members must be observed and inferred from. Credibility enhancing displays
may provide one effective tool for dealing with complex social environments by
extracting and integrating adaptive information from an immense range of potential
social partners. Organized religious beliefs typical of routine rituals and standardized
religious ideologies may serve as one type of credibility cue. The aim of this study was
to assess how others judge adult's expressing a religious, spiritual, or natural
explanation on traits associated with Positive Affect, Negative Affect, and Intelligence.
Results from the study revealed that religious explanations were more affective than
spiritual explanations at influencing perceptions of Positive-Affect and Negative Affect
for those high and low in religious beliefs.
with their own dyadic relationships but also whose own dyadic relationships with other
group members must be observed and inferred from. Credibility enhancing displays
may provide one effective tool for dealing with complex social environments by
extracting and integrating adaptive information from an immense range of potential
social partners. Organized religious beliefs typical of routine rituals and standardized
religious ideologies may serve as one type of credibility cue. The aim of this study was
to assess how others judge adult's expressing a religious, spiritual, or natural
explanation on traits associated with Positive Affect, Negative Affect, and Intelligence.
Results from the study revealed that religious explanations were more affective than
spiritual explanations at influencing perceptions of Positive-Affect and Negative Affect
for those high and low in religious beliefs.
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91 p.
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FA00000806
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Includes bibliography.
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Date Backup
2010
Date Created Backup
2010
Date Text
2010
Date Created (EDTF)
2010
Date Issued (EDTF)
2010
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FAU
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FA00000806
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Attributed name: Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Attributed name: Department of Psychology
Person Preferred Name
Periss, Virginia A.
author
Graduate College
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The Influence of Belief in the Supernatural and Perceptions of Religious, Spiritual, or Natural Explanations on Ratings of Positive Affect, Negative Affect, and Intelligence
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2010
2010
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Fla.
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Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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Boca Raton, Fla.
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Title
The Influence of Belief in the Supernatural and Perceptions of Religious, Spiritual, or Natural Explanations on Ratings of Positive Affect, Negative Affect, and Intelligence
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The Influence of Belief in the Supernatural and Perceptions of Religious, Spiritual, or Natural Explanations on Ratings of Positive Affect, Negative Affect, and Intelligence