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In the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, McFadden wrote: This book represents a major theoretical and empirical contribution not only to the psychology of religion and clinical/counseling psychology but to other fields as well. Along with psychologists, persons in religious professions can learn much from Pargament.
The importance of religion in the lives of people in early adulthood has been declining in the 21st century. [1] Religious importance in early adulthood is still high in less developed countries compared to developed countries where its on the downfall.
The challenge for the psychology of religion is essentially threefold: to provide a thoroughgoing description of the objects of investigation, whether they be shared religious content (e.g., a tradition's ritual observances) or individual experiences, attitudes, or conduct;
The journal is abstracted and indexed by Scopus, PsycINFO, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, ATLA Religion Database, Current Contents, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. [1] [2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.329. [3]
Theory of mind (ToM) is a capacity to attribute mental states, complete with thoughts, emotions and motivations, to other social agents. [11] This adaptation is ubiquitous in primitive forms among various social species, but the complexity of human social life for long stretches of evolutionary history has facilitated a rich understanding of others' mental experiences to match. [12]
Cognitive science of religion is the study of religious thought, theory, and behavior from the perspective of the cognitive sciences.Scholars in this field seek to explain how human minds acquire, generate, and transmit religious thoughts, practices, and schemas by means of ordinary cognitive capacities.
The term religious Attribution is derived from the more general attribution theory of social psychology, which seeks to explain human interpretations and understandings of events and circumstances. The Attribution process is motivated by a desire to perceive events in the world as meaningful, and the desire to predict or control events.
Social learning theory is a theory of social behavior that proposes that new behaviors can be acquired by observing and imitating others. It states that learning is a cognitive process that takes place in a social context and can occur purely through observation or direct instruction, even in the absence of motor reproduction or direct reinforcement. [1]