Essay On Religious Priming

In Cappellen et al.’s article, they focus on religious priming in relation to Asch's conformity studies. The authors attempt to answer the question, does religion suggest in any way submissiveness, compliance, and willingness to conform to the ideas of others? (Cappellen et al, 2011). Both religion and submission to authority are linked to conformity consistently; people become manipulated by individual and group beliefs, ideas, practices, and thoughts through them. In this study, the authors set out to answer two new questions: does religious priming increase the likeliness of participants to conform to their peers more than to an authoritative figure? Is the effect from this conformity of religious priming seen in socially influenced situations?

This finding suggests that the activation of religious concepts increases beyond people’s obedience to authority figures. This research provides evidence that exposure to religious cues cause conformity in submissive people. Exposure to religious cues can cause people to want to conform their opinions to those of others more often, whether it has a positive outcome or a negative outcome. In this study, results recommend that when examining the effects of religious priming on conformity, we need to keep an eye out for people who are consistently

Yes, I have very different opinions and views than the masses. However, I have always felt like the leader; everyone has always been intrigued with my views and religious observances. A lot of times, I have felt the pressure to conform because my friends, for example, would be able to go to the mall on Saturday and I had to go pray at temple and stay home. But, being raised as an Orthodox Jew, by age 8 or 9, I didn’t really have these feelings of wanting to conform anymore; I think that being able to stand away from everyone else is phenomenal, in its own