Date of Award

3-13-2017

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Department of Psychology

First Advisor

Eric D. Wesselmann

Abstract

The current study investigated whether trust in Atheists moderates the relationship between prejudice against Atheists and belief in a hypothetical Atheists’ witness testimony. Pilot studies revealed that participants do not innately label witnesses who affirm as Atheists and determined that there was no significant difference between ratings of belief in Atheists witnesses in comparison to Christian witnesses. Responses from 185 MTurk participants confirmed that belief in witnesses did not significantly differ between Atheists and Christians. Furthermore, trust did not moderate the relationship between prejudice against Atheists and belief in the Atheist witness. These studies furthered research in distrust against Atheists within the criminal justice context. Limitations and future directions for research in this area are discussed.

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Imported from ProQuest Griffith_ilstu_0092N_10948.pdf

DOI

http://doi.org/10.30707/ETD2017.Griffith.S

Page Count

69

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