… As recently as 2011, most Americans (54%) believed that one needs to believe in God to be
… examples of antisocial measures include crime, cheating, and violence (see later discussion …

… endorse a vision of God as punitive and judging, whereas cheating rates increase with
the belief that God is benevolent and forgiving (Shariff and Norenzayan 2011; Debono et …

… gods boost prosocial behavior (Norenzayan & Shariff, 2008). … mentioned it was about
honesty, deception, or cheating, we … , 2011, 2013), we may see similar effects with local god …

… the non-signaling group to predict that every member of their … of cheating, but they can
detect likely cheating among groups … , whether or not they often became possessed by a deity. …

… Belief that God is harsh and punitive can reduce cheating, … in punishing gods, especially in
the afterlife (Shariff & Aknin, … ecologies (Gelfand et al., 2011). Our review draws upon cultural …

… crime rates, and individuals who viewed god as vengeful rather than loving and forgiving
cheated less in anonymous settings (Shariff & Norenzayan, 2011; Shariff & Rhemtulla, 2012). …

… 2006, 2011; Johnson 2009, 2015), which states that humans are … Watched people are nice
people . This principle, which is … Gods, or High Moralizing Gods, reduces levels of cheating (…

… preacher and measure multiple behavioral indicators of … third included God belief, views
of God, and karma beliefs as … (meaning that we did not have a preregistered predictions …

… beliefs related to moralizing and punitive high gods will have … to assess individual cheating)
might have made any effects … variable did not significantly predict allocations in our models…

… predicts the amount of cheating and Factor Motivator … people's ethical behaviors (Shariff &
Norenzayan, 2007). Visualization helps people achieve their goals (Cheema & Bagchi, 2011; …