Psychological processes in the acquisition of reading

This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a novel mind perception manipulation. Mind perception is currently theorized to be an essential aspect of a number of human social psychological processes. Thus, a successful manipulation would allow for the causal study of those processes. This manipulation was created in an attempt to explore the downstream impact of mind perception on the endorsement of conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are steadily becoming more and more prominent in social discourse. Endorsement of conspiracy theories are beginning to show real world ramifications such as a danger to human health (e.g., in the anti-vaccination movement). A sample of college students (valid N = 53) from a large rural institution in the southeastern United States participated for course credit. These participants completed a mind perception pretest, were randomly assigned to either the manipulation in question (in which participants are asked to consider the ‘mind’ of several targets and write their thoughts about them) or the control condition, and then they completed a posttest. The mixed ANOVA revealed that the interaction term between Time and Condition was not significant. Because the manipulation did not work, other analyses were aborted, in accord with the pre-registration. My Discussion focuses on the procedures and potential shortcomings of this manipulation, in an effort to lay the groundwork for a successful one.

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Empirical Perspectives on Religion and Violence

10.31234/osf.io/gzspe ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Joshua D. Wright

Keyword(s):

Scientific Literature ◽

Psychological Processes

The ‘religion as cause’ argument implies that religious faiths are more inherently prone to violence than ideologies that are secular. Following an evaluation of the scientific literature on religion and violence, we argue that wherever evidence links specific aspects of religion with aggression and violence, these aspects are not unique to religion. Rather, these aspects are religious variants of more general psychological processes. Further, there are numerous aspects of religion that buffer against aggression and violence among its adherents. The most distinct feature of religion, supernaturalism, is not often the focus of researchers of religion and violence. Despite this, the paucity of research that has been conducted on this key feature suggests that supernaturalism is associated with reduced aggression and violence. There appears to be very little support for the notion that there is something uniquely religious that causes violence among followers.

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DISCOURSE ON FAILURE OF INTELLIGENCE: A THEORY OF MIND PERSPECTIVE

Global Political Review - Fall 2018 ◽

10.31703/gpr.2018(iii-ii).01 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Elena Botts

Keyword(s):

Theory Of Mind ◽

Mental States ◽

Psychological Processes ◽

Mind Theory ◽

Improve Analysis ◽

Epistemic Process

This article aims at explicating that can we usefully talk about a failure of intelligence and deliberating the perspective of mind theory into it. Failures of intelligence are useful insofar as they can be evaluated so as to improve analysis. In this process, it is important that one considers the psychological processes that underpin analytical failures. It is especially important to consider how failures of intelligence are governed by an insufficient ability to understand the perspectives of others. This ability to determine others mental states is known as the theory of mind. This paper further argues that discourse on the failure of intelligence is increased because of a flaw in the epistemic process among intelligence operators and consumers.

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The Unified Theory of Psychological Processes L.M. Wekker in Modern Psychology (on the 100th anniversary of his birth)

Психологический журнал ◽

10.31857/s020595920002257-8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 39 (6) ◽

pp. 102-113

Author(s):

N. Loginova ◽

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N. Osorina ◽

M. Kholodnaya ◽

T. Cherednikova ◽

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Keyword(s):

100Th Anniversary ◽

Unified Theory ◽

Psychological Processes ◽

Modern Psychology

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