دانلود کتاب The Cognitive Science of Religion: A Methodological Introduction to Key Empirical Studies

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Cover\nHalf Title\nSeries\nTitle\nCopyright\nDedication\nContents\nIllustrations\nAcknowledgments\nContributors\nStudent Introduction\nInstructor\'s Introduction\n A Very Brief History of the Cognitive Science of Religion\n How to Read and Teach This.Volume\nChapter 1 Why Do We See Supernatural Signs In Natural Events?\n Introduction\n Methodology\n Playing the game\n A rigged system\n Introducing Princess Alice\n Results and Analysis\n Moving hands and changing minds\n Explaining the unexpected\n Discussion\nChapter 2 What Do We Think About God When We Aren’t Careful?\n Introduction\n Theory\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Studies 1.and 2\n Study 3\n Discussion\n Validity\n Implications\n Criticisms\n Suggestions for further studies\nChapter 3 What Do People Think Omniscient Agents Know?\n Introduction\n Hypotheses\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\nChapter 4 Do Children Attribute Beliefs to Humans and God Differently?\n Introduction\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\nChapter 5 Which God is Watching?\n Introduction\n Theory\n Ethnographic background: Yasawa, Fiji\n Religion in Yasawa: Christian “Bible God” and Kalou-vu\n Methodology\n Hypotheses and Predictions\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\n Implications and extensions\n Criticisms and limitations\n Conclusion\nChapter 6 Do People Think The Soul Is Separate From the Body and the Mind?\n Introduction\n The soul: Mentalistic or essential?\n Testing the theory\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Extending the theory\n Discussion\n Questioning intuitive dualism\n Culture and concept development\n Essential missteps\n Conclusion\nChapter 7 Were Early Chinese Thinkers Folk Dualists?\n Introduction\n Theory\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\n Follow-up studies\nChapter 8 How Do People Establish Personal Identity In Reincarnation?\n Introduction\n Personal identity\n Studies with Western participants\n Methodology\n Sample\n Participants, materials, and procedure\n Results and Analysis\n Study 1\n Study 2\n Statistical analyses: Comparing mean rank scores for physical features\n Statistical analyses: Comparing mean rank scores for memory features\n Participants’ concept of reincarnation\n Study 3\n Statistical analyses: Comparing mean rank scores\n Limitations\n Discussion\nChapter 9 Is Memory Crucial for Transmission of Religious Ideas?\n Introduction\n Ideas that spread like viruses\n Expectation violation and memory: Minimal counterintuitiveness\n The motivation behind the.study\n Methodology\n Results and Analyses\n Immediate memory recall\n Delayed recognition\n Discussion\n Significance of findings\nChapter 10 What Types of Concepts Make for Great Religious Stories?\n Introduction\n Memory for culture: The MCI hypothesis\n Methodology\n Subjects\n Materials\n Procedure\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\n Appendix: Example Stories\n Story 1.3: “Lost on a Dinghy”\n Story 1.9: “Robbers”\n Story 1.2: “Spring Day”\nChapter 11 How Do Religious Environments Affect Our Behavior?\n Introduction\n Setting\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\nChapter 12 Can We Model Religious Behavior Using Computer Simulation?\n Introduction\n Theoretical Background\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\n Criticisms/weaknesses\n Suggestions for further studies\nChapter 13 Does God Make You Good?\n Introduction\n The theoretical question: Why might God make us good?\n The methodological question: How can we test the hypothesis?\n Methodology\n Religious priming\n The Dictator Game\n Results and Analysis\n Additional study: A secular path\n Discussion\n Things I might now have done differently\n Conclusion and further reading\nChapter 14 Do We Outsource Police Work To god?\n Introduction\n Methodology\n Salience manipulation\n Third-party punishment game\n Procedure\n Results and Analysis\n Primary results\n Additional findings\n A final methodological note\n Discussion\nChapter 15 Do Religions Promote Cooperation? Testing Signaling Theories of Religion\n Introduction\n Signaling.theory\n Testing the theory\n The kibbutz revisited\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\n The phone call\n Subsequent kibbutz studies\n Conclusion\nChapter 16 Do Rituals Promote Social Cohesion?\n Introduction\n Setting\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\nChapter 17 Are Muslim Costly Signals Christian Caution Signals?\n Introduction\n Religion and group identity\n Religious costly signaling\n Theory\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\nChapter 18 Is Ritual Behavior a Response to Anxiety?\n Introduction\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\nChapter 19 Can Rituals Reduce Stress During War? The Magic of Psalms\n Introduction\n Of Pigeons, Piscivores, and Poker Players: The Uncertainty Hypothesis\n Psalms for Safety\n Methodology\n Of War and Worship\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\nChapter 20 Does Praying Resemble Normal Interpersonal Interaction?\n Introduction\n Theory\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\nChapter 21 How Are Rituals Thought to Work?\n Introduction\n Theory\n Superhuman agents: Agency required\n Types of ritual: Agency as a variable\n Predictions\n Methodology\n Results and Analysis\n Hinduism\n Judaism\n Islam\n Discussion\nChapter 22 How Do Humans Process Ritualized Actions?\n Introduction\n Theory\n Methodology\n Experiment 1: Segmentation of nonfunctional actions\n Experiment 2: Segmentation of goal-demoted actions\n Discussion\nChapter 23 Did Ritualized Human Sacrifice Help Build And Sustain Social Inequality?\n Introduction\n Methodology\n Sample\n Variables\n Cross-cultural studies and Galton’s Problem\n Phylogenetic comparative methods\n Hypotheses\n Results and Analysis\n Discussion\n Future research\n Conclusion\nNotes\nReferences\nIndex