#786 Vassilis Saroglou: The Psychological Traits of Religious People
Dr. Vassilis Saroglou is Full Professor of Psychology at the UCL-University of Louvain, with expertise in psychology of religion, personality, social, and cross-cultural psychology, moral psychology, and psychology of positive emotions. He has developed long-term empirical research on theoretically and socially critical issues regarding religion, spirituality, fundamentalism, and atheism, in interaction with social behavior: prosociality, submission, ethnoreligious & ideological prejudice, sexism, homophobia; personality, emotions, and health: personality traits, birth order effects, awe, humor; and more.
In this episode, we talk about the psychology of religion. We talk about the distinction between intrinsic religiosity and extrinsic religiosity, and between devotional religion and coalitional religion. We discuss the relationship between religiosity and spirituality. We talk about the psychological traits of religious fundamentalists, and religious orientations marked by positive and negative emotionality. We discuss what fundamentalists and atheists get wrong about religion. We talk about the psychological differences between believers and nonbelievers, and the processes of convertion and de-convertion. We discuss if we are naturally predisposed to religiosity, if adolescents lean toward becoming nonbelievers, and if old people are bigots. We talk about the relationship between religiosity and prosociality, out-group discrimination, and psychopathology. Finally, we discuss if religiosity is in decline.
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Intro
What is religion, from a psychological perspective?
Intrinsic religiosity and extrinsic religiosity; devotional religion and coalitional religion
Religiosity and spirituality
Religious fundamentalism
Religious orientations marked by positive and negative emotionality
What fundamentalists and atheists get wrong about religion
The psychological differences between believers and nonbelievers
The processes of convertion and de-convertion
Are we naturally predisposed to religiosity?
Are adolescents prone to becoming nonbelievers?
Are old people bigots?
Religion and prosociality
Out-group discrimination
Religion and psychopathology
Is religiosity in decline?
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The Psychology of Religion: https://bit.ly/3E6ps0u