Analytic atheism: A cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon?
Religious belief is a topic of longstanding interest to psychological science, but the psychology of religious disbelief is a relative newcomer. One prominently discussed model is analytic atheism, wherein cognitive reflection, as measured with the Cognitive Reflection Test, overrides religious intu...
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| author | Will M. Gervais Michiel van Elk Dimitris Xygalatas Ryan T. McKay Mark Aveyard Emma E. Buchtel Ilan Dar-Nimrod Eva Kundtová Klocová Jonathan E. Ramsay Tapani Riekki Annika M. Svedholm-Häkkinen Joseph Bulbulia |
| author_facet | Will M. Gervais Michiel van Elk Dimitris Xygalatas Ryan T. McKay Mark Aveyard Emma E. Buchtel Ilan Dar-Nimrod Eva Kundtová Klocová Jonathan E. Ramsay Tapani Riekki Annika M. Svedholm-Häkkinen Joseph Bulbulia |
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| description | Religious belief is
a topic of longstanding interest to psychological science, but the psychology
of religious disbelief is a relative newcomer. One prominently discussed model
is analytic atheism, wherein cognitive reflection, as measured with the
Cognitive Reflection Test, overrides religious intuitions and instruction.
Consistent with this model, performance-based measures of cognitive reflection
predict religious disbelief in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich,
and Democratic) samples. However, the generality of analytic atheism remains
unknown. Drawing on a large global sample (N = 3461) from 13 religiously,
demographically, and culturally diverse societies, we find that analytic
atheism as usually assessed is in fact quite fickle cross-culturally, appearing
robustly ony in aggregate analyses and in three individual countries. The
results provide additional evidence for culture’s effects on core
beliefs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ffc512041134ed68222b8c377fe2b0e2023-09-02T10:29:00ZengCambridge University PressJudgment and Decision Making1930-29752018-05-01133268274Analytic atheism: A cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon?Will M. GervaisMichiel van ElkDimitris XygalatasRyan T. McKayMark AveyardEmma E. BuchtelIlan Dar-NimrodEva Kundtová KlocováJonathan E. RamsayTapani RiekkiAnnika M. Svedholm-HäkkinenJoseph BulbuliaReligious belief is a topic of longstanding interest to psychological science, but the psychology of religious disbelief is a relative newcomer. One prominently discussed model is analytic atheism, wherein cognitive reflection, as measured with the Cognitive Reflection Test, overrides religious intuitions and instruction. Consistent with this model, performance-based measures of cognitive reflection predict religious disbelief in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) samples. However, the generality of analytic atheism remains unknown. Drawing on a large global sample (N = 3461) from 13 religiously, demographically, and culturally diverse societies, we find that analytic atheism as usually assessed is in fact quite fickle cross-culturally, appearing robustly ony in aggregate analyses and in three individual countries. The results provide additional evidence for culture’s effects on core beliefs.http://journal.sjdm.org/18/18228/jdm18228.pdfatheism; cultural learning; dual process cognition; religious cognition; replicability; WEIRD people; cultureNAKeywords |
| spellingShingle | Will M. Gervais Michiel van Elk Dimitris Xygalatas Ryan T. McKay Mark Aveyard Emma E. Buchtel Ilan Dar-Nimrod Eva Kundtová Klocová Jonathan E. Ramsay Tapani Riekki Annika M. Svedholm-Häkkinen Joseph Bulbulia Analytic atheism: A cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon? Judgment and Decision Making atheism; cultural learning; dual process cognition; religious cognition; replicability; WEIRD people; cultureNAKeywords |
| title | Analytic atheism: A
cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon? |
| title_full | Analytic atheism: A
cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon? |
| title_fullStr | Analytic atheism: A
cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analytic atheism: A
cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon? |
| title_short | Analytic atheism: A
cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon? |
| title_sort | analytic atheism a cross culturally weak and fickle phenomenon |
| topic | atheism; cultural learning; dual process cognition; religious cognition; replicability; WEIRD people; cultureNAKeywords |
| url | http://journal.sjdm.org/18/18228/jdm18228.pdf |
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