Cold cash warms a lonely soul : reminders of money moderate the effects of social coldness on anthropomorphism of god

• Main Author: Huan, Ser Fee
• Other Authors: Albert Lee
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66691
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Past work reveals that on one hand, loneliness heightens the motivation to seek out social connection by promoting social sensitivity and the tendency to perceive nonhuman agents to be humanlike (anthropomorphize). On the other hand, money provides a sense of self-sufficiency that dampens the desire...