Belief systems and attitudes toward the death penalty and other punishments

Abstract

This study focused on the relationship of behef systems as a configural construct and conservabsm-hberalism to atbtudes toward the death penalty and other punishments for ofiFenses of varying seventy Extrapersonalists, the most concretely functioning of the four conceptual or belief systems posited by Harvey, Hunt, and Schroder (1961), were most in favor of the death penalty They also endorsed the most severe punishment for a vanety of cnmes, to a parbcularly greater extent than did representatives of either of the two more abstractly funcboning systemsThe behef dimensions of Openness, Evaluativeness, and Complexity, as well as the frequency of church attendance, correlated more highly and consistently with atbtudes toward punishment than did either Conservabsm-Liberalism or gender Both ofthe latter vanables failed to correlate with a number ofthe outcome vanables and related at only low levels to the others The greater predicbve power ofa configural concepbon of personality or behef systems over a unidimensional conception seems to have been demonstrated Configural concepts may additionally be generally superior to mulbdimensional concepts treated linearly Ofthe personological vanables that should relate to atbtudes toward capital punishment, mulbdimensional ones should relate more strongly than unidimensional ones Further, a construct that combines structure, amtent, and valence mto diflFerent pattems or configurations should be a more powerful predictor than constructs that include only one of these belief or personality dimensions, or even more than one if they are treated m a linear fashion In hne with this, Wiederanders and Harvey (1977) found that belief systems, treated as tndimensional configurations, differentiated more finely, and presumably more accurately, aiiM)!^ behaviors relatmg to persistence than did the smgle dimension of conceptual complexity (Stuempfig & Maher, 1970) The mam purpose ofthe present study was a companson ofthe jwedicbve abdibes of belief systems, three of their subsidiary dimensions Requests for repints should be sent to O J Harvey,

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“…The finding also supports the social cognition theory, emphasizing the importance of personal beliefs towards behavior while attempting to accomplish the goal or mission (Bandura, 1986). Harvey (1986) believed that an individual belief is a symbol that aids the individual in behaving and thinking effectively in the real world. Nash (1989) argued that many human activities that have had great impacts on helping ethics and beliefs to extend to natural ecology.…”

From initial teacher education through induction and beyond: a longitudinal study of primary teacher beliefs

“…Beliefs systems are defined as 'a set of conceptual representations which signify to its holder a reality or given state of affairs of sufficient validity, truth or trustworthiness to warrant reliance upon it as a guide to personal thought and action' (Harvey 1986, 660 cited in Fang 1996. Beliefs are therefore a psychological frame of complex cognitive understandings.…”

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“…Philipp (2007) ise inancı "psikolojik açıdan dünya hakkında doğru olduğu düşünülen anlayış, sayıltı ya da önerme" olarak tanımlamaktadır. Alan yazın inanç tanımları bakımından incelendiğinde inancın deneyimlerle şekillendiği (Pajares, 1992;Ponte, 1994;Thompson, 1991Thompson, , 1992, kişiye özel olduğu (Harvey, 1986;Philipp, 2007;Ponte, 1994), duyuşsal ve bilişsel (Pehkonen, 2004;Philipp, 2007;Richardson, 1996) temeller üzerine kurulduğu ve davranışları etkileyebildiği (Harvey, 1986;Pajares, 1992;Philipp, 2007) noktalarında birleşmektedir. Ayrıca çeşitli inançların birleşerek inançların bir inanç sistemi oluşturduğuna yer verilmektedir (Harvey, 1986;Nespor, 1987;Pajares, 1992;Philipp, 2007).…”