Cognitive Reflection and Religious Belief: A Test of Two Models
Existing research suggests a negative correlation between reflective thinking and religious belief. The dual process model (DPM) posits that reflection diminishes religious belief by limiting intuitive decisions. In contrast, the expressive rationality model (ERM) argues that reflection serves an id...
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| author | Fırat Şeker Ensar Acem Fatih Bayrak Burak Dogruyol Ozan Isler Hasan G. Bahçekapili Onurcan Yilmaz |
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| description | Existing research suggests a negative correlation between reflective thinking and religious belief. The dual process model (DPM) posits that reflection diminishes religious belief by limiting intuitive decisions. In contrast, the expressive rationality model (ERM) argues that reflection serves an identity-protective function by bolstering rather than modifying preexisting beliefs. Although the current literature tends to favor the DPM, many studies suffer from unbalanced samples. To avoid this limitation, we recruited comparably large number of participants for both religious believers (n = 580) and non-believers (n = 594) and observed the relationship between reflection and two measures of religious belief: belief in God and disbelief in evolution. Our findings corroborate the negative associations found between higher levels of reflection and both types of belief, independent of religious affiliation. Our results align with the broader literature, supporting the DPM but not the ERM. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0aee650b36dc4b428fca3f3b316992622025-01-31T07:52:52ZengCambridge University PressJudgment and Decision Making1930-29752025-01-012010.1017/jdm.2024.41Cognitive Reflection and Religious Belief: A Test of Two ModelsFırat Şeker0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9667-9270Ensar Acem1Fatih Bayrak2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6350-6234Burak Dogruyol3Ozan Isler4Hasan G. Bahçekapili5Onurcan Yilmaz6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6094-7162Department of Psychology, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, USADepartment of Psychology, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Psychology, Baskent University, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Psychology, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Economics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, AustraliaDepartment of Psychology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Psychology, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, TurkeyExisting research suggests a negative correlation between reflective thinking and religious belief. The dual process model (DPM) posits that reflection diminishes religious belief by limiting intuitive decisions. In contrast, the expressive rationality model (ERM) argues that reflection serves an identity-protective function by bolstering rather than modifying preexisting beliefs. Although the current literature tends to favor the DPM, many studies suffer from unbalanced samples. To avoid this limitation, we recruited comparably large number of participants for both religious believers (n = 580) and non-believers (n = 594) and observed the relationship between reflection and two measures of religious belief: belief in God and disbelief in evolution. Our findings corroborate the negative associations found between higher levels of reflection and both types of belief, independent of religious affiliation. Our results align with the broader literature, supporting the DPM but not the ERM.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S193029752400041X/type/journal_articledual-process modelcognitive stylecognitive reflectionintuitionbelief in godreligious beliefreligiosityreligious disbelief |
| spellingShingle | Fırat Şeker Ensar Acem Fatih Bayrak Burak Dogruyol Ozan Isler Hasan G. Bahçekapili Onurcan Yilmaz Cognitive Reflection and Religious Belief: A Test of Two Models Judgment and Decision Making dual-process model cognitive style cognitive reflection intuition belief in god religious belief religiosity religious disbelief |
| title | Cognitive Reflection and Religious Belief: A Test of Two Models |
| title_full | Cognitive Reflection and Religious Belief: A Test of Two Models |
| title_fullStr | Cognitive Reflection and Religious Belief: A Test of Two Models |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive Reflection and Religious Belief: A Test of Two Models |
| title_short | Cognitive Reflection and Religious Belief: A Test of Two Models |
| title_sort | cognitive reflection and religious belief a test of two models |
| topic | dual-process model cognitive style cognitive reflection intuition belief in god religious belief religiosity religious disbelief |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S193029752400041X/type/journal_article |
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