Correlation of Abstract Religious Thought and Formal Operations in High School and College Students
The relationship between formal operational thinking and abstract religious thought was investigated in a sample of 70 high school and college students, ages 14-33 years. Scores on the Formal Operational Reasoning Test (Roberge & Flexer, 1982) were correlated with scores derived from a modificat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1990
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Review of religious research
Year: 1990, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 405-412 |
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| Summary: | The relationship between formal operational thinking and abstract religious thought was investigated in a sample of 70 high school and college students, ages 14-33 years. Scores on the Formal Operational Reasoning Test (Roberge & Flexer, 1982) were correlated with scores derived from a modification of Peatling's Thinking About the Bible Test (Peatling, 1973). The product-moment correlation of +.315, controlled for age, was significant at the .01 level. This result is consistent with the prediction of Piagetian theory that abstract thought in a specific content area such as religion depends on an underlying formal logic. Problems in measuring abstract religious thought in Biblical literalists are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511565 |
