Behavior, Belonging, and Belief: A Theory of Ritual Practice

Marshall, Douglas A.

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“…Our framework complements past theoretical approaches, which also seek to unify the phenomenon of ritual by examining its fundamental cognitive processes (e.g., Boyer & Liénard, 2006;Boyer, 2001;Dulaney & Fiske, 1994;Marshall, 2002;McCauley & Lawson, 2002;Whitehouse, 2004) and shared psychosocial functions (e.g., Islam & Zyphur, 2009;Smith & Stewart, 2011;. We extend these previous accounts by placing psychological processing front and center.…”

Section: Addressing Complexity In Our Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 75%

The psychology of rituals: An integrative review and process-based framework

Hobson¹,

Schroeder²,

Risen³

et al. 2017

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Traditionally, ritual has been studied from broad sociocultural perspectives, with little consideration of the psychological processes at play. Recently, however, psychologists have begun turning their attention to the study of ritual, uncovering the causal mechanisms driving this universal aspect of human behavior. With growing interest in the psychology of ritual, the current paper provides an organizing framework to understand recent empirical work from social psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience. Our framework focuses on three primary regulatory functions of rituals: regulation of (1) emotions, (2) performance goal states, and (3) social connection. We examine the possible mechanisms underlying each function by considering the bottom-up processes that emerge from the physical features of rituals and top-down processes that emerge from the psychological meaning of rituals. Our framework, by appreciating the value of psychological theory, generates novel predictions and enriches our understanding of ritual and human behavior more broadly.

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Section: Addressing Complexity In Our Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 75%

The psychology of rituals: An integrative review and process-based framework

Hobson¹,

Schroeder²,

Risen³

et al. 2017

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“…But given the possibility that nonreligious ritual affects sacralization, too, the implications extend far beyond them. "Unsettled times" of group threat have been theorized to lead to the creation of and increased performance of ritual (Marshall 2002 ;. In war zones, where even the universal ritual of burying the dead becomes a frequent activity, as do new communal chores caused by the loss of water or electric infrastructure, daily life is potentially ripe with opportunities for sacralization.…”

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confidence: 99%

Representative Decision-Making: Challenges to Democratic Peace Theory

Çuhadar

Druckman

2014

Handbook of International Negotiation

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It has become only too evident that traditional methods of confl ict prevention and resolution are no longer adequate or effective. This is why editor and contributor Mauro Galluccio's present volume appears to fi ll in an existing and ever more visible void in shaping an entirely new approach in modern-day diplomacy. The signifi cance of this book can hardly be over-rated. It offers an entirely new political and psychological angle to transforming confl ict by managing interpersonal dynamics and tailoring preventive behaviors. It alerts us to the crucial role of the mental heritage of confl icts and powerful emotions. In brief, it enhances an entirely new type of negotiation as a fundamental tool of managing, preventing, and resolving confl ict by acknowledging the diversity of mental viewpoints about any given reality.This volume can indeed serve as a handbook to practitioners-diplomats and decision-makers-in educating themselves, in reshaping their own outlook, and in even bettering themselves as individuals in positions of authority and responsibility for bringing positive change to the lives of millions of people. Elena Poptodorova Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United StatesGalluccio has brought together a distinguished and diverse group of scholars and practitioners to address an enduring, if evolving, challenge to human wellbeing: violent confl ict between nations and subnational groups. His aim is to organize the interdisciplinary character of the research, on which the authors draw, into coherent perspectives on the causes of confl icts and potentially effective interventions designed to prevent and resolve them.There is much that is new here. Perhaps most important, there is a focus on the personal and emotional character of confl ict-for those who engage in it and those who intervene to mitigate it. The passion, competence, and intensity that Galluccio brings to this edited volume is striking and appropriate, in light of the importance of the topic to those who have been or will be victims of violent confl ict, but at no point does it detract from the intellectual rigor that characterizes the entire volume. Robert L. Gallucci US Ambassador-at-Large Past President of the MacArthur Foundation Former US Assistant Secretary of StateThis timely volume and the work of Dr. Mauro Galluccio on international negotiation and mediation is extremely relevant in the current climate of confl ict throughout the world and the potential perils that presently exist among nations. This collection of essays by renowned scholars, foreign policy experts, offi cials, psychologists, and other practitioners, ably assembled and edited by Dr. Mauro Galluccio, is so very welcome. This handbook highlights the complexity, and diffi culty, of international negotiations. Fortunately, it also provides important and useful tools for those responsible for conducting diplomacy with terrorists and insurgents. It is sure to be widely read, cited, and used as a valuable reference work for years to come. Mitchell Reiss President of the Colon...

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“…Those benefit claimants who are largely unused to psychological practices might be somewhat dazzled by this aura of expertise, and so persuaded that the test will reveal deeply meaningful and perhaps previously hidden personal truths. Further significances may flow from the expenditure of time and effort necessarily entailed in taking the test: effortful engagement with practice tends to increase its meaning and perceived value (Marshall, 2002), so might enhance the apparent significance of the results the test generates. An additional, more subtle but no less significant psychological effect arises because, in the process of completing the test, participants necessarily objectify themselves.…”

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Nudging into subjectification: Governmentality and psychometrics

Cromby

Willis

2013

Critical Social Policy

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The current age of 'austerity' is associated with neoliberal ideology. Neoliberalism can be understood as a form of governmentality -a way of reconfiguring selves and the social order in accord with the demands of market economies. A recent UK policy initiative by the Coalition government's Behavioural Insights Team required benefits claimants to submit to online psychometric testing. We examine this policy in some detail, arguing that this use of psychometric testing is flawed, unethical, and unlikely to help claimants to find work. Our analysis of the test procedure and its results suggests that the policy functions primarily as a means whereby benefit claimants can be 'nudged' towards acceptance of the precepts of neoliberal subjectivities.

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Behavior, Belonging, and Belief: A Theory of Ritual Practice

Cited by 116 publications

References 39 publications

The psychology of rituals: An integrative review and process-based framework

The psychology of rituals: An integrative review and process-based framework

Representative Decision-Making: Challenges to Democratic Peace Theory

Nudging into subjectification: Governmentality and psychometrics

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