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Queen's study finds religion helps us gain self-control [View all]
http://www.queensu.ca/news/articles/queens-study-finds-religion-helps-us-gain-self-control[font face=Times, Serif][font size=5]Queen's study finds religion helps us gain self-control[/font]
2012-01-24
[font size=3]Thinking about religion gives people more self-control on later, unrelated tasks; according to results from a series of recent Queens University study.
After unscrambling sentences containing religiously oriented words, participants in our studies exercised significantly more self-control, says psychology graduate student and lead researcher on the study, Kevin Rounding.
Study participants were given a sentence containing five words to unscramble. Some contained religious themes and others did not. After unscrambling the sentences, participants were asked to complete a number of tasks that required self-control enduring discomfort, delaying gratification, exerting patience, and refraining from impulsive responses.
Participants who had unscrambled the sentences containing religious themes had more self-control in completing their tasks.
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2012-01-24
[font size=3]Thinking about religion gives people more self-control on later, unrelated tasks; according to results from a series of recent Queens University study.
After unscrambling sentences containing religiously oriented words, participants in our studies exercised significantly more self-control, says psychology graduate student and lead researcher on the study, Kevin Rounding.
Study participants were given a sentence containing five words to unscramble. Some contained religious themes and others did not. After unscrambling the sentences, participants were asked to complete a number of tasks that required self-control enduring discomfort, delaying gratification, exerting patience, and refraining from impulsive responses.
Participants who had unscrambled the sentences containing religious themes had more self-control in completing their tasks.
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The convention I learned years ago was the the use of all capitals was reserved for “shouting”
OKIsItJustMe
Jan 2012
#29
Considering that they did NOT utilize the "scientific method" at all, it is hardly "scientific"
cleanhippie
Jan 2012
#32
Its the broad-brush assumptions about what the "study" reveals that is bogus.
cleanhippie
Jan 2012
#40
Then you really shouldn't make claims that this study followed the scientific method.
cleanhippie
Jan 2012
#43
I have no idea. They have not yet published their study and there is not information
cbayer
Jan 2012
#50
“They have test for no other options. Perhaps unscrambling pithy Mark Twain epithets…”
OKIsItJustMe
Jan 2012
#22
There actually was a control condition: unscrambling of nonreligious phrases
LeftishBrit
Jan 2012
#70
Good for you for being done. Some *discussions* in this group are really not discussions at all.
cbayer
Jan 2012
#39
Oh no, we can't have that. Admonishing the OP for the same thing I was admonished for
cleanhippie
Jan 2012
#68
I am not saying this to pick on you personally; there are others who do it much more often
LeftishBrit
Jan 2012
#67
Why is it so difficult to understand that the "simple experiements" did NOT lend ANY credence
cleanhippie
Jan 2012
#35