Thank God for My Successes (Not My Failures): Feeling God’s Presence Explains a God Attribution Bias

2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (5) ◽  
pp. 1663-1687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber DeBono ◽  
Dennis Poepsel ◽  
Natarshia Corley
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
The Self ◽  
Past Work ◽  
Religious People ◽  
Attributional Biases ◽  
Psychological Experiences ◽  
Attribution Bias ◽  
Successes And Failures

Little research has investigated attributional biases to God for positive and negative personal events. Consistent with past work, we predicted that people who believe in God will attribute successes more to God than failures, particularly for highly religious people. We also predicted that believing that God is a part of the self would increase how much people felt God’s presence which would result in giving God more credit for successes. Our study ( N = 133) was a two-factor, between-subject experimental design in which participants either won or lost a game and were asked to attribute the cause of this outcome to themselves, God, or other factors. Furthermore, participants either completed the game before or after responding to questions about their religious beliefs. Overall, there was support for our predictions. Our results have important implications for attribution research and the practical psychological experiences for religious people making attributions for their successes and failures.

Biomedical Ethics for Jehovah’s Witnesses and Patient Blood Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
Sunghwan Cho
Keyword(s):  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Biomedical Ethics ◽  
Blood Transfusions ◽  
Patient Blood Management ◽  
Blood Management ◽  
Jehovah’S Witnesses ◽  
Jehovah's Witnesses ◽  
Religious People

Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions according to religious beliefs, and for this reason, most hospitals and doctors have refused their treatment. There are more than 100,000 religious people in Korea, but there are few bloodless centers that can receive their treatment. So, the number of Jehovah’s Witnesses patients visiting bloodless centers in Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital has been increasing every year. Despite this situation, no legal or medical countermeasure has yet been proposed against them. Therefore, I would like to take a bioethical approach based on “principles of biomedical ethics” and introduce “patient blood management” which is currently spreading in advanced medical countries.

Becoming Israel in the Wilderness of Numbers

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriane Leveen
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Promised Land ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Successes And Failures

Numbers describes the building of an Israelite collective in the wilderness. A fledgling people struggle mightily to form themselves into a unity but are overcome by their own complaints, desires for a past they leave behind in Egypt and doubts of their ability to conquer the promised land. Several stories highlight the dramatic pressures both internal (how they saw themselves) and external (how they imagined others saw them) that influence the successes and failures of a unified Israel. Yet the self-critique embedded in the tale of the journey leads a new generation to replace dissatisfaction and dissent with a shared determination. A tale of struggles overcome gives the children of Israel a chance to reach for a different future, imagined but not yet fulfilled.

scholarly journals Developing iPad Application based on Video Modeling to Enhance Self-Protection Skills for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jeddah

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Afnan Maatouk Al - Talhi
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Video Modeling ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
The Self ◽  
Autistic Children ◽  
Self Protection ◽  
Experimental Group

The current study aimed to develop a mobile application based on video modeling to improve and enhance self-protection skills for children with autism. Semi-experimental design of the two groups was adopted: the control, which received the self-protection skills in the traditional way, while these skills was provided to the experimental group through the application based on video modeling. The research sample was consisted of 16 students who met the criteria. The researcher was applied the self-protection skills scale on the sample. After the experiment was applied for five weeks, the data were analyzed statistically. The results showed the effectiveness of the application in the development of self-protection skills for autistic children. The researcher recommended the use of the preferences of children with autism and the use of applications that based on video modeling in their education.

scholarly journals ATTITUDES TOWARD DEATH AND THE RELIGIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS OF YOUTH

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 718-721
Author(s):  
Tatyana Anatolevna Fenvesh ◽  
Antonina Viktorovna Andreeva ◽  
Aleksandr Pavlovich Pavlov ◽  
Pavel Anatol`evich Starikov ◽  
Ekaterina Yur'evna Zabelina
Keyword(s):  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Religious Ideology ◽  
Religious People ◽  
Religious Consciousness ◽  
Attitudes Toward Death ◽  
Attitude Towards Death ◽  
The Subject

Purpose of the study: this study aimed to analyze the modern representation of death by studying the attitude of religious people, mainly Christians, towards death. Methodology: On the basis of the Siberian Federal University, the authors conducted research on the attitude of student youth towards death. The questionnaire in a standardized fashion was used. Likert scale judgments were analyzed. The methodological concepts of the attitude towards the death of such authors as Philippe Ariès and Gilbert Durand, as well as the Russian cosmists, served as the prerequisite for the formation of the research hypothesis. The group of the respondent demonstrated the religious beliefs and their faith in God. The answers of the group were interpreted on the subject of their attitude towards death, the ideas of death, and the types of protection against the fear of death. Main Findings: In the course of this work, the authors determined that the majority of student youth formed a negative representation of death that does not correspond with the religious ideology. Several concepts that reflect the attitude of youth towards death and their method of fighting the fear of death are described. The authors draw a conclusion on the state of the religious consciousness of student youth that is a result of unfamiliarity with religious norms or the fusion of the traditions of various religions. Applications of this study: The study would serve as an antecedent to further investigation on people’s attitude towards death. The research results can also be applied in social anthropology, social philosophy, and sociology. Novelty/Originality of this study: The study shows the important attitude of student youth towards death and can help to form the main problems of the religious consciousness of student youth.

IT'S ONLY NATURAL: HUMANISM'S HIGHER PURPOSE

Think ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (24) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
John Shook
Keyword(s):  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Religious People ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Higher Purpose

It's only natural to wonder about the higher purposes in one's life. Religious people sometimes argue that because they discover and enjoy a higher purpose to life, then religious beliefs appear quite natural and reasonable. This argument can be turned around, to make humanism look unnatural and unreasonable, if humanism denies any higher purpose to life. Either way, humanism seems inhumanly cold towards the very notion of ‘higher purpose’, but is this matter really so clear-cut and simple? Religious humanists stand as counter examples to the notion that a religious life is incompatible with a humanistic philosophy. Secular humanists might be said to enjoy a spiritual aspect to their lives as well, if that aspect simply means devoted pursuit of higher purposes in this life. The confusions in these sorts of arguments probably originate in the ambiguous phrase, ‘a higher purpose to life’, which can be understood in several ways. If we discriminate between the more common meanings, and consider them separately, then any real disagreement between religion and humanism should begin to emerge. People can be heard to talk about ‘having a higher purpose in life’. Some say that they seek a ‘purpose higher than life’. Others talk about wanting a ‘higher purpose for life’. In which ways can humanism endorse such talk of a ‘higher purpose’?

The self and identity negotiation

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B. Swann
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Identity Negotiation ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
The Self ◽  
Past Work ◽  
Self And Identity ◽  
Adaptive Consequences ◽  
Diverse Groups

Identity negotiation refers to the processes through which perceivers and targets come to agreements regarding the identities that targets are to assume in the interaction. Whereas past work has focused on the contribution of perceivers to the identity negotiation process, I emphasize the contribution of targets to this process. Specifically, I examine the tendency for targets to work to bring perceivers to verify their self-views. For example, people prefer and seek self-verifying evaluations from others, including their spouses and employers — even when this means attaining evaluations that validate negative self-views. Moreover, receiving self-verification has adaptive consequences, even improving the performance of workers in diverse groups. Some boundary conditions of self-verification strivings as well as implications for making of minds are discussed.

FAITH IN THE COURTS: RELIGIOUS DRESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

2007 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 657-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Religious People ◽  
Current Events ◽  
Religious Dress

We live in “an age of increasingly multicultural societies”. This multiplicity of cultures brings with it diversity and differences: religious beliefs form one, but arguably an increasingly important, point of distinction within our societies today – both between religious and non-religious people and between people of different faiths. Recent and current events – local and global – emphasise the importance for society of maintaining adequate means of mediating between different and divergent interests in matters of faith.

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