Apostasy-Phobia: An Extension of The Black Sheep Effect

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Apostasy-Phobia An Extension of The Black Sheep
Effect
Rosina Kamis Supervisor Alison Chasteen
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Black Sheep Effect
Non-Deviate
Deviate
In-Group
Evaluation
Out-group
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Religious Out-Group
Religious In-Group
Changed groups
Apostates
Believers
Believers since childhood
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Apostasy-phobia
Religious Out-Group
Religious In-Group
Converts
Believers
Evaluation
Believers since childhood
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Apostasy-phobia
Religious Out-Group
Religious In-Group
Converts
Believers
Evaluation
Believers since childhood
No Religion Out-Group

People with no religion
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Apostasy-phobia
Religious Out-Group
Religious In-Group
Convert from In-Group
Believers
Evaluation
Believers since childhood
No Religion Out-Group
People with no religion
Convert from Out-Group
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Apostasy-phobia
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Procedures
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• Demographics I

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• Demographics I
• Scenario

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• Demographics I
• Scenario
• Evaluation of Adam

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• Demographics I
• Scenario
• Evaluation of Adam
• Reasons Adam left participants religion

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• Demographics I
• Scenario
• Evaluation of Adam
• Reasons Adam left participants religion
• Behavioral intentions towards Adam

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• Demographics I
• Scenario
• Evaluation of Adam
• Reasons Adam left participants religion
• Behavioral intensions towards Adam
• Behavioral intentions towards participants faith

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• Demographics I
• Scenario
• Evaluation of Adam
• Reasons Adam left participants religion
• Behavioral intensions towards Adam
• Behavioral intentions towards participants faith
• Religiosity

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• Demographics I
• Scenario
• Evaluation of Adam
• Reasons Adam left participants religion
• Behavioral intensions towards Adam
• Behavioral intentions towards participants faith
• Religiosity
• Demographics II

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Results
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DV Evaluation of Adam
Apostasy-Phobia
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DV Reasons for Leaving Participants Religion
As religiosity increases, attribution to external
reasons increases
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DV Reasons for Leaving Participants Religion
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DV Reasons for Leaving Participants Religion
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DV Behavioral Intentions towards Adam
As religiosity increases, willingness to take
action increases
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DV Behavioral Intentions towards Adam
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DV Behavioral Intentions towards Participants
Faith
As religiosity increases, willingness to take
action increases
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Discussion
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Apostasy-phobia
Religious Out-Group
Religious In-Group
Convert from In-Group
Believers
Evaluation
Believers since childhood
No Religion Out-Group
People with no religion
Convert from Out-Group
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2 Important Points

1. APOSTASY PHOBIA A target who left participants
   religion was evaluated more negatively than a
   target who was always in another religion.

1. Participants are more willing to take action to
   (re)convert a target that left their religion
   versus a target that was always in another
   religion.

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Implications
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Science
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Counseling
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Law
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Inter-group relations
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ROSINA KAMIS
University of Toronto

• Email rosinakamis_at_yahoo.com
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• AOL screen name rosinakamis
• MSN ID rosinakamis_at_hotmail.com

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Acknowledgments

• Alison Chasteen, PhD
• Dominic Packer
• Chasteen Social Cognition Lab Members
• Jay Van Bavel
• Ramon Brasser, PhD (Astronomy), Queens University