عنوان

Primed and Prejudiced: Examining the Effects of Priming Religious Exemplars on Prejudice Toward Muslims

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TL49921

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Primed and Prejudiced: Examining the Effects of Priming Religious Exemplars on Prejudice Toward Muslims

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Rosemary L. Al-Kire

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Weidler, Daniel J.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Northern Arizona University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

68

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Committee members: Donnelly, Paul; Goodman, Robert J.

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-438-00736-9

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

Psychological Sciences

Body granting the degree

Northern Arizona University

Text preceding or following the note

2018

Text of Note

Priming techniques have recently been used to gain insight into the causal effects of religiosity on prosocial and antisocial outcomes. Previous research has demonstrated that religious priming may increase prejudice. However, little research has examined how varying the content of the religious primes may impact prejudice. It has been suggested that activating rewards associated with religion may increase prosocial behavior, but no research has been done examining whether activating religious moral ideals associated with an exemplar of one's religion may also result in increased prosocial behaviors. The present study tested primes that varied in their religious content (religious vs. non-religious) and the presence of a moral exemplar (exemplar vs. non-exemplar). We predicted that priming a religious moral exemplar would activate prosocial ideals associated with one's religion. Consistent with previous literature, it was hypothesized that the non-exemplar religious prime would increase prejudiced attitudes toward Muslims, but that priming a religious exemplar would result in less prejudiced attitudes than the non-exemplar religious prime. Results showed that the non-exemplar religious prime did increase prejudiced attitudes toward Muslims compared to a control, but there was not evidence that religious exemplar primes reduced prejudice compared to non-exemplar religious primes. There was some evidence that priming a religious moral exemplar tempered the prejudiced attitudes activated by religious cognition. This study has implications for the spiritual modeling theory as well as the psychology of religion to further examine ways in which modifying the content of religious primes produces differential effects on prejudiced attitudes.

Social psychology; Psychology

Subject Term

Psychology;Attitudes;Experimental;Muslims;Prejudice;Priming;Religion

Smoots, Gregory Cornelius, Sr.

Weidler, Daniel J.

Subdivision

Psychological Sciences

Northern Arizona University

Call Number

2050189602; 10816681

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[Thesis]

276903

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