The neurons in the brain work in coordination; some of these networks are dedicated to critical thinking and others to empathy. A link has been determined between the level of empathy and religion: the more religious an individual is, the more empathetic they will be. On the other hand, individuals who are more analytic find the idea of higher power hard to comprehend. Analytic thinking and moral concern signify two cognitive models and are always in competition with each other (Scutti, 2016). The general personality profile of a non-religious individual is highly associated with psychopaths; as they tend to have higher levels of self-centered impulsivity and cold-heartedness compared to their religious counterparts. In ambiguous situations,
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Out of the eight experiments, four studies underlined mentalizing. In order to study this trait, the experiments were comprised of self-report measures, performance- based measures, and an indirect self-report measure of loneliness (Scutti, 2016). It was discovered that belief and mentalizing do not overlap and that non-believer have personality traits that are more closely associated with psychopathic ‘phenotype’, deficits in moral concern than with the autism phenotype, deficits in mentalizing (Scutti, 2016).
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The results indicated that belief was positively correlated with IRI-EC (empathetic concern subscale of IRI), which is used to analyze moral concern. Additionally, IRI-EC was also negatively correlated with CRT (cognitive reflection test) and IPT (intuitive physics test). Study 2 was conducted to extend the results of study 1. It examined 233 adults using the 16-item Mill- Hill Vocabulary scale, which was “used as a measure of crystallized intelligence” (Hollander et al., 2016). Study 3 was performed to extend the previous claim and add another measure of moral concern using the Identification With All Humanity scale and the questions were answered on 5-point Likert scale. Conclusions were drawn using bivariate correlations, and the variables were entered in a 3-step hierarchical regression analysis (for study 1 and 2) and 4-step hierarchical regression (for study 3). Studies 4-7 lengthened the investigations by including “direct and indirect measures of mentalizing” (Hollander et al., 2016) in order to test for any extrapolative power. Measures of empathetic concern and prosocial behaviour are also taken into account using self-report measures and peer reported measures (Hollander et al., 2016) Lastly, study 8 utilized Attribution Scale and the denial subscale. In conclusion, the studies presented,
Out of the eight experiments, four studies underlined mentalizing. In order to study this trait, the experiments were comprised of self-report measures, performance- based measures, and an indirect self-report measure of loneliness (Scutti, 2016). It was discovered that belief and mentalizing do not overlap and that non-believer have personality traits that are more closely associated with psychopathic ‘phenotype’, deficits in moral concern than with the autism phenotype, deficits in mentalizing (Scutti, 2016).
Why Do you believe in God? Relationship between religious beliefs, Analytic Thinking, Mentalizing, and Moral …show more content…
The results indicated that belief was positively correlated with IRI-EC (empathetic concern subscale of IRI), which is used to analyze moral concern. Additionally, IRI-EC was also negatively correlated with CRT (cognitive reflection test) and IPT (intuitive physics test). Study 2 was conducted to extend the results of study 1. It examined 233 adults using the 16-item Mill- Hill Vocabulary scale, which was “used as a measure of crystallized intelligence” (Hollander et al., 2016). Study 3 was performed to extend the previous claim and add another measure of moral concern using the Identification With All Humanity scale and the questions were answered on 5-point Likert scale. Conclusions were drawn using bivariate correlations, and the variables were entered in a 3-step hierarchical regression analysis (for study 1 and 2) and 4-step hierarchical regression (for study 3). Studies 4-7 lengthened the investigations by including “direct and indirect measures of mentalizing” (Hollander et al., 2016) in order to test for any extrapolative power. Measures of empathetic concern and prosocial behaviour are also taken into account using self-report measures and peer reported measures (Hollander et al., 2016) Lastly, study 8 utilized Attribution Scale and the denial subscale. In conclusion, the studies presented,