Many faces of dogmatism : prejudice as a way of protecting certainty against value-violators among dogmatic believers and atheists

2017
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dc.abstract.enIn this article, we suggest that dogmatic beliefs, manifested as strong beliefs that there is no God (i.e., dogmatic atheism) as well as strong beliefs in God (i.e., religious orthodoxy), can serve as a cognitive response to uncertainty. Moreover, we claim that people who dogmatically do not believe in religion and those who dogmatically believe in religion are equally prone to intolerance and prejudice towards groups that violate their important values. That is because prejudice towards these groups may be an efficient strategy to protect the certainty that strong beliefs provide. We tested these assumptions in two studies. In Study 1 and Study 2, we demonstrated that dogmatic beliefs mediate the relationship between intolerance to uncertainty and both, religious orthodoxy and dogmatic atheism. In addition, in Study 2 we showed that both the religiously orthodox and dogmatic atheists become prejudiced towards groups that violate their values and that these effects are especially strong under experimentally induced uncertainty. In this study, we focused on atheists and homosexuals as groups that pose a threat to Christian’s religious worldviews, and Catholics and pro-life supporters as groups that pose a threat to the values of atheists. The results are discussed in relation to past research on dogmatism and religion, as well as with reference to what this means for the study of prejudicepl
dc.affiliationWydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologiipl
dc.contributor.authorKossowska, Małgorzata - 129191 pl
dc.contributor.authorCzernatowicz-Kukuczka, Aneta - 161080 pl
dc.contributor.authorSekerdej, Maciej - 186235 pl
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-10T19:41:33Z
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dc.date.issued2017pl
dc.description.number1pl
dc.description.physical127-147pl
dc.description.volume108pl
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/bjop.12186pl
dc.identifier.eissn2044-8295pl
dc.identifier.issn0007-1269pl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/35096
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dc.titleMany faces of dogmatism : prejudice as a way of protecting certainty against value-violators among dogmatic believers and atheistspl
dc.title.journalBritish Journal of Psychologypl
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In this article, we suggest that dogmatic beliefs, manifested as strong beliefs that there is no God (i.e., dogmatic atheism) as well as strong beliefs in God (i.e., religious orthodoxy), can serve as a cognitive response to uncertainty. Moreover, we claim that people who dogmatically do not believe in religion and those who dogmatically believe in religion are equally prone to intolerance and prejudice towards groups that violate their important values. That is because prejudice towards these groups may be an efficient strategy to protect the certainty that strong beliefs provide. We tested these assumptions in two studies. In Study 1 and Study 2, we demonstrated that dogmatic beliefs mediate the relationship between intolerance to uncertainty and both, religious orthodoxy and dogmatic atheism. In addition, in Study 2 we showed that both the religiously orthodox and dogmatic atheists become prejudiced towards groups that violate their values and that these effects are especially strong under experimentally induced uncertainty. In this study, we focused on atheists and homosexuals as groups that pose a threat to Christian’s religious worldviews, and Catholics and pro-life supporters as groups that pose a threat to the values of atheists. The results are discussed in relation to past research on dogmatism and religion, as well as with reference to what this means for the study of prejudice
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Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorpl
Kossowska, Małgorzata - 129191
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Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, Aneta - 161080
dc.contributor.authorpl
Sekerdej, Maciej - 186235
dc.date.accessioned
2017-01-10T19:41:33Z
dc.date.available
2017-01-10T19:41:33Z
dc.date.issuedpl
2017
dc.description.numberpl
1
dc.description.physicalpl
127-147
dc.description.volumepl
108
dc.identifier.doipl
10.1111/bjop.12186
dc.identifier.eissnpl
2044-8295
dc.identifier.issnpl
0007-1269
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http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/35096
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eng
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Many faces of dogmatism : prejudice as a way of protecting certainty against value-violators among dogmatic believers and atheists
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