KUNDT, Radek, Martin LANG, Aaron NICHOLS, Panagiotis MITKIDIS, Christopher KAVANAGH, Lenka ŠTĚPÁNKOVÁ, Dan ARIELY and Dimitrios XYGALATAS. Effects of Religious Music on Moral Behavior. In Future directions on the evolution of rituals, beliefs and religious minds. 2018.
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Original name Effects of Religious Music on Moral Behavior
Authors KUNDT, Radek, Martin LANG, Aaron NICHOLS, Panagiotis MITKIDIS, Christopher KAVANAGH, Lenka ŠTĚPÁNKOVÁ, Dan ARIELY and Dimitrios XYGALATAS.
Edition Future directions on the evolution of rituals, beliefs and religious minds, 2018.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 60304 Religious studies
Country of publisher Italy
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English religion; morality; religious music; priming
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. et Mgr. Radek Kundt, Ph.D., učo 42130. Changed: 15/1/2019 11:05.
Abstract
Research focusing on the relationship between religion and morality investigates the various mechanisms religious systems use to influence moral decision-making. Previous studies suggest that religious reminders and contexts enhance the saliency of group-specific norms and increase prosocial behavior. However, the effects of religious situational factors on dishonest behavior are less well documented. Furthermore, the underlying perceptual-behavioral mechanisms through which religious cues affect decision-making are still not fully understood. Moving beyond both the priming carrying semantic associations with moral norms and the anthropomorphic depictions triggering reputational concerns, we tested how an arbitrary subtle sensory cue associated with religion that does not bear any inherent meaning by itself affects moral behavior. Using instrumental religious music, we conducted two experiments across four different sites: Japan, Mauritius, the Czech Republic, and the USA. Participants were exposed to one of three kinds of auditory stimuli (religious, secular, or white noise), and were given a chance to cheat on the subsequent task to increase their monetary reward. We report on the cross-cultural differences as well as on the interaction between the condition and religiosity across sites.
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EE2.3.20.0048, research and development projectName: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství
MUNI/G/0985/2017, interní kód MUName: Economic Decision-Making: Hormonal Determinants and Ritualized Behavior
Investor: Masaryk University, INTERDISCIPLINARY - Interdisciplinary research projects
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