Date of Award
2016-01-01
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Psychology
Advisor(s)
Michael A. Zárate
Abstract
The present research tests the effects of religious priming and cued moral reasoning on support for violence against others. Further, the present research examined the effects of two individual difference measures, Social Vigilantism and the degree to which people accept religion as a social force research demonstrates that religious priming elicits greater compliance by acting as a cognitive distraction. The data show that lower levels of moral reasoning and religious priming lead to higher activism, radicalism, and extremism scores as well as higher agreement with a recorded message. Implications and future directions are discussed.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2016
File Size
104 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Brandt A. Smith
Recommended Citation
Smith, Brandt A., "Religious Priming and Moral Reasoning as a Manipulation for Supporting Violence" (2016). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 964.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/964