Mike Palij points out that Dutton would appear to have a major inconsistency to address in his theory (he seems to say, in different articles, that religiosity is both positively and negatively correlated with intelligence). If I were counseling a student about a direction to go in investigating this theoretically interesting incongruity, I would suggest initially looking in two directions: the differences in populations studied (students vs. professors) in the two projects and the different operational definitions of intelligence used in both cases.
Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3519 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [email protected] (479) 524-7295 http://bit.ly/DrFroman -----Original Message----- From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 11:05 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: RE: [tips] Paper says physical scientists smarter and less religious than social scientists Unfortunately, Dutton, one of the authors of article under discussion, would appear to disagree with Paul on these matter. See his earlier article on religious undergraduates at Oxford: http://www.jirrs.org/jirrs_nr_6/3-jirrs6-dutton.pdf Quoting the article: |The article will argue that a by-product of particularly high |intelligence (as manifested not merely in high IQ but in an ability to |solve problems creatively, learn from experience, remember in detail |and other factors) is a far greater likelihood to perceive a sense of |agency in the world - something which we will understand to be the |essence of religious experience. I guess St. Paul didn't know what he was talking about or maybe was conning the converts or was "retconned". ;-) I'll leave the obvious conflict between this statement and Dutton's statement about scientists in the physical sciences for other to discuss (message #3 to Tips for today ;-). -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=34153 or send a blank email to leave-34153-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=34156 or send a blank email to leave-34156-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
