Psychology: Faculty Publications
Is God Really Watching You? A Response to Shariff and Norenzayan
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Publication Title
The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/10508610701879373
ISSN
1532-7582
Abstract
Shariff and Norenzayan (2007) recently reported in the journal Psychological Science that covertly priming participants with “God concepts” increased prosocial behavior regardless of self-reported religiosity. They interpreted their data as supportive of ideomotor and supernatural watcher effects, with implications discussed in the context of religion facilitating the development of cooperative societies. However, methodological choices and theoretical ambiguities call into question these interpretations and implications.
Recommended Citation
Randolph-Seng, Brandon, Michael Nielsen.
2008.
"Is God Really Watching You? A Response to Shariff and Norenzayan."
The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 18 (2): 119-122: Taylor and Francis Online.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10508610701879373 source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10508610701879373
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/psych-facpubs/62
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