Conditional reflection and the Religion Reflection Scale: How familiarity with different domains influences cognitive reflection

A host of research has shown that those who are nonreligious tend to outscore those who are religious on measures of intelligence and cognitive reflection. The prevailing explanation for this phenomenon is that nonreligious people are more adept at overriding their initial intuitions, thus leading to their increased skepticism of intuitive supernatural beliefs. However, the argument is raised in this investigation that the current measures of cognitive reflection in the field may not encapsulate the totality of dual-process thinking. Just as math students outperform upper-level psychology students on measures of cognitive reflection related to their discipline (Study 1), so, too, may religious individuals outperform nonreligious individuals on measures of cognitive reflection relating to their discipline of familiarity: religion (Study 2). While support for this second hypothesis was wanting, special considerations should be given to find measures of cognitive reflection that appeal to the unique experiences of specific groups in question.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Strimaitis, Jacob

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hood, Ralph W., Jr., 1942-
• Biderman, Michael D.; Ross, David F.
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Psychology and religion
• Psychology, Religious.

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• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language dc:language

English, eng

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https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/556

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oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1702