Awe’s effects on prosociality require analysis over time

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Awe’s effects on prosociality require analysis over time

EJOVA, Anastasia, Jan KRÁTKÝ, Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Radek KUNDT, Jakub CIGÁN et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Awe’s effects on prosociality require analysis over time

Name in Czech

Analýza vlivu emoce úžasu na prosocialitu v delším časovém horizontu

Authors

EJOVA, Anastasia (36 Australia, guarantor), Jan KRÁTKÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Radek KUNDT (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jakub CIGÁN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Silvie KOTHEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Joseph BULBULIA and Russell D. GRAY

Edition

17th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR); Tartu, 25-29 June 2019, 2019

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

Estonia

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00112026

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords (in Czech)

úžas; kooperace; prosocialita

Keywords in English

awe; cooperation; prosociality

Abstract

V originále

It has been argued that the costs of monumental architecture and ceremonies are more than offset by their prosocial effects – effects that stem, at least in part, from the awe these entities elicit. Numerous psychological experiments have produced findings suggesting a connection between awe and prosociality. According to the popular "small self" model of the relationship between awe and prosociality, awe-inspiring stimuli, by virtue of their vastness, suppress the observer’s personal needs, thus encouraging prosociality. In this presenation, we begin by describing an experiment in which we monitored prosocial behaviour rather than reports about how much one would, in theory, donate to charity, only to find that this behaviour (time spent on a boring voluntary task) was less pronounced among people who had just seen a video of awe-inspiring nature. Religiosity appeared to provide a buffer against this apparent restlessness following awe. While noting the potential relevance of religiosity to how experiences of awe are interpreted, we concluded that the awe-prosociality relationship might be one that develops over longer time frames than those involved in a laboratory experiment. In the second part of the presentation, we describe an analysis of how a facet of prosociality - reported sense of connectedness to people in the local community, one's country and the world - is affected over time by interest in (and, presumably, also exposure to) impactful visual art and music. We explore this awe-prosociality relationship among groups of people differing in religiosity and socioeconomic status, with this subgroup analysis being made possible by the fact that we use data from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study - a survey study following a large group of people representative of the New Zealand population over the past 7 years.

Links

EE2.3.20.0048, research and development project

Name: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství

MUNI/A/1053/2018, interní kód MU

Name: Nové výzkumné metody v religionistickém výzkumu (Acronym: NOVYMREV)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

EJOVA, Anastasia, Jan KRÁTKÝ, Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Radek KUNDT, Jakub CIGÁN, Silvie KOTHEROVÁ, Joseph BULBULIA and Russell D. GRAY. Awe’s effects on prosociality require analysis over time. In 17th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR); Tartu, 25-29 June 2019. 2019.

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EJOVA, Anastasia, Jan KRÁTKÝ, Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Radek KUNDT, Jakub CIGÁN, Silvie KOTHEROVÁ, Joseph BULBULIA and Russell D. GRAY. Awe’s effects on prosociality require analysis over time. In \textit{17th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR); Tartu, 25-29 June 2019}. 2019.

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