Religious Zeal After Goal Frustration
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Title
Religious Zeal After Goal Frustration
Creator
McGregor, Ian
Symposium
Extremism and the Psychology of Uncertainty
Series
Claremont Graduate University's Stauffer Symposium Series
Date
2008-04-06
Subject-LCSH
Religion Frustration Uncertainty Panic Anxiety Psychology Threat Hate
Subject-Local
Extremism
Description
Dr . Ian McGregor’s most recent research investigates personality and social psychological causes of religious extremism . Based on over a dozen laboratory experiments he has found that various psychological threats cause people to go to extremes . Threats that have caused extremism in our research include experimental manipulations of uncertainty , failure , confusion , relationship dissatisfaction , mortality salience , system injustice , and feelings of personal insignificance . In his talk Dr . McGregor presents evidence for a basic , goal-regulation explanation for how such diverse threats can interchangeably cause such diverse forms of extremism . New research demonstrates that threats cause extremism to the extent that the threats undermine personal goals . Goal threats introduce approach-avoidance conflicts between desire to continue approaching the goal and desire to avoid further frustration .
Publisher
Claremont Graduate University . School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
Language
eng
Source
Original video: 60 minute digital 8mm cassette; Tape 10; recorded symposium presentation entitled, "Religious zeal after goal frustration" from the symposium entitled, "Extremism and the Psychology of Uncertainty" April 06, 2008
Collection
Claremont Graduate University Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
Rights
: Physical rights are retained by the institution. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. Copyright laws.
Type
moving image
Running time
00:31:49
Format
video/f4v
Object File Name
lap00039
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