Living in complex social environments consists not only of sets of individuals
with their own dyadic relationships but also whose own dyadic relationships with other
group members must be observed and inferred from. Credibility enhancing displays
may provide one effective tool for dealing with complex social environments by
extracting and integrating adaptive information from an immense range of potential
social partners. Organized religious beliefs typical of routine rituals and standardized
religious ideologies may serve as one type of credibility cue. The aim of this study was
to assess how others judge adult's expressing a religious, spiritual, or natural
explanation on traits associated with Positive Affect, Negative Affect, and Intelligence.
Results from the study revealed that religious explanations were more affective than
spiritual explanations at influencing perceptions of Positive-Affect and Negative Affect
for those high and low in religious beliefs. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fau.edu/oai:fau.digital.flvc.org:fau_36331 |
| Contributors | Periss, Virginia A. (author), Bjorklund, David F. (Thesis advisor), Charles E. Schmidt College of Science (Degree grantor), Department of Psychology |
| Publisher | Florida Atlantic University |
| Source Sets | Florida Atlantic University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 91 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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