کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
948235 926459 2012 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Like a camera in the sky? Thinking about God increases public self-awareness and socially desirable responding
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
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Like a camera in the sky? Thinking about God increases public self-awareness and socially desirable responding
چکیده انگلیسی

Believers describe God as a strategic social agent who perceives human thoughts and actions. Thinking about God therefore might make believers feel as if their behavior is being monitored, a possibility we call the supernatural monitoring hypothesis. Three studies offered new and converging empirical support for this hypothesis using two variables that are sensitive to perceived social surveillance: public self-awareness and socially desirable responding. For believers, the effect of an explicit God prime on public self-awareness was comparable to the effect of thinking about how other people view oneself (Experiment 1). An implicit God concepts prime increased public self-awareness (Experiment 2) and socially desirable responding (Experiment 3) among believers. These studies offer the first direct evidence that thinking of God triggers perceived social surveillance.


► We tested the supernatural monitoring hypothesis: Do believers feel watched by God?
► Everyday social cognitive processes enable the mental representation of gods.
► We tested whether thinking of God triggers the same reactions as do human observers.
► Thinking of God caused cognitive consequences similar to being watched by people.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology - Volume 48, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 298–302
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