Divine intervention in decisions : an adaptive function of religious belief

• Main Author: Lim, Alexander Yao
• Other Authors: Michael David Gumert
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141379
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Evolutionary explanations of religion explore the adaptive function of religious beliefs and tend to focus on socially adaptive mechanisms such as group commitment and cooperation. This study tests whether an adaptive function of religious belief is to increase the efficiency of decision making by r...