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Galen, Luke W. – Psychological Bulletin, 2012
Numerous authors have suggested that religious belief has a positive association, possibly causal, with prosocial behavior. This article critiques evidence regarding this "religious prosociality" hypothesis from several areas of the literature. The extant literature on religious prosociality is reviewed including domains of charity,…
Descriptors: Evidence, Prosocial Behavior, Academic Achievement, Beliefs
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Fischhoff, Baruch; Gonzalez, Roxana M.; Lerner, Jennifer S.; Small, Deborah A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2005
The authors examined the evolution of cognitive and emotional responses to terror risks for a nationally representative sample of Americans between late 2001 and late 2002. Respondents' risk judgments changed in ways consistent with their reported personal experiences. However, they did not recognize these changes, producing hindsight bias in…
Descriptors: Priming, Psychological Studies, Emotional Response, Risk