Awe, uncertainty, and agency detection.

IF 4.8 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychological Science Pub Date : 2014-01-01 Epub Date: 2013-11-18 DOI:10.1177/0956797613501884

Piercarlo Valdesolo, Jesse Graham

引用次数: 194

Abstract

Across five studies, we found that awe increases both supernatural belief (Studies 1, 2, and 5) and intentional-pattern perception (Studies 3 and 4)-two phenomena that have been linked to agency detection, or the tendency to interpret events as the consequence of intentional and purpose-driven agents. Effects were both directly and conceptually replicated, and mediational analyses revealed that these effects were driven by the influence of awe on tolerance for uncertainty. Experiences of awe decreased tolerance for uncertainty, which, in turn, increased the tendency to believe in nonhuman agents and to perceive human agency in random events.

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敬畏、不确定性和代理检测。

在五项研究中，我们发现敬畏增加了超自然信仰(研究1、2和5)和有意模式感知(研究3和4)——这两种现象与代理检测有关，或者倾向于将事件解释为有意和目的驱动的代理的结果。结果是直接的和概念上的重复，中介分析显示，这些影响是由敬畏对不确定性容忍度的影响驱动的。敬畏的经历降低了对不确定性的容忍度，而不确定性反过来又增加了相信非人类代理的倾向，并在随机事件中感知人类代理。

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Psychological Science PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

13.30

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156

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