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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Equinox Publ.
2022
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Journal for the cognitive science of religion
Année: 2020, Volume: 8, Numéro: 2, Pages: 78-101 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Sémantique
/ Amorçage
/ Association libre (psychologie)
/ Image de Dieu
/ Méthodologie
/ Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychologie de la religion NBC Dieu |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Free-Association
B Religion B Amorçage B Word-Association B God |
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| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal for the cognitive science of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jcsr.22679 |