Cognitively Accessible Words Associated with God as Effective Lexical Primes
Do the words used to prime the concept of God in psychology of religion research studies accurately reflect a mental representation of God? To examine this, two samples completed a free-association task, where they listed 10 words that came to mind when they thought about God (Studies 1a-1b). We fou...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2022
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Journal for the cognitive science of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 78-101 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Semantics
/ Priming
/ Free association (Psychology)
/ Idea of God
/ Methodology
/ Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Free-Association
B Religion B Priming B Word-Association B God |
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| Summary: | Do the words used to prime the concept of God in psychology of religion research studies accurately reflect a mental representation of God? To examine this, two samples completed a free-association task, where they listed 10 words that came to mind when they thought about God (Studies 1a-1b). We found that more than half of the lexical primes used in previous studies were rarely or never produced (< 5 times) in the 2,610 free-association responses. Using a false memory paradigm, Study 2 revealed that the most frequent free-association words produced in Studies 1a and 1b more effectively primed the concept of God than a set of prime words used in previous religious priming studies that were not frequent free-association words in Studies 1a and 1b. This research advances the methodological practices in religious priming research and contributes to an understanding of people’s thoughts about God. |
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| ISSN: | 2049-7563 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the cognitive science of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jcsr.22679 |