PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: wingover on November 05, 2015, 11:19:21 PM
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I'd be interested in seeing follow-on research that attempts to explain what is causing these results.
While it is generally accepted that religion contours people’s moral judgments and prosocial behavior, the relation between religiosity and morality is a contentious one. Here, we assessed altruism and third-party evaluation of scenarios depicting interpersonal harm in 1,170 children aged between 5 and 12 years in six countries (Canada, China, Jordan, Turkey, USA, and South Africa), the religiousness of their household, and parent-reported child empathy and sensitivity to justice. Across all countries, parents in religious households reported that their children expressed more empathy and sensitivity for justice in everyday life than non-religious parents. However, religiousness was inversely predictive of children’s altruism and positively correlated with their punitive tendencies.
(http://www.cell.com/cms/attachment/2040068276/2053595202/gr1.jpg)
http://www.cell.com/action/showExperimentalProcedures?pii=S0960-9822%2815%2901167-7
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GIGO-
The study said it was PARENT REPORTED, meaning the parents gave "the right answer" to the survey questions. I do not trust the testing and data collection methodology.
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In other news, leftist, obama worshipping, progressives PROVE Mmgw is only caused by conservatives...
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GIGO-
The study said it was PARENT REPORTED, meaning the parents gave "the right answer" to the survey questions. I do not trust the testing and data collection methodology.
Parent reporting was used to determine religiosity and the "parent-reported child empathy and sensitivity to justice". However, objective testing was used to determine altruistic behavior.
To generalize: As religiosity goes up, parent-reported pro-social behavior goes up, but tested pro-social behavior actually goes down.
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assuming, of course, that the "objective" measures really were objective and didn't have any bias
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GIGO-
The study said it was PARENT REPORTED, meaning the parents gave "the right answer" to the survey questions. I do not trust the testing and data collection methodology.
Parent reporting was used to determine religiosity and the "parent-reported child empathy and sensitivity to justice". However, objective testing was used to determine altruistic behavior.
To generalize: As religiosity goes up, parent-reported pro-social behavior goes up, but tested pro-social behavior actually goes down.
So the parents are biased and don't know what's actually going on??? Surprising.