As reminders on God influence our acts

The reminder on God is capable to affect acts of the person strongly. To such conclusion researchers from University of Waterloo in Canada have come, — shares Personality and Social Psychology.

For experiment scientists under the direction of Kristin Lorin have invited more than 350 students. Examinees have divided on two groups. To half of volunteers in the beginning have suggested to write some offers with use of words of spiritual character. After that both groups of participants should make as much as possible words of an identical set of letters.

Results have shown that irrespective of religious faith to which examinees if to them in advance reminded of God belonged, they made less words, than colleagues unprepared thus. From this researchers have drawn conclusions that the role has played subconscious belief in a divine management. Differently, what for to work it is more, if all is in advance predetermined.

In the second part of research, scientific defined the reminder on God how much will affect endurance. During experiment participants before undergoing to a temptation, or read the text from the Bible, or on bezreligioznuju subjects. Experiences have shown that those volunteers who "have preliminary remembered" the Higher force, resisted to temptations more successfully.