Children report that many natural kinds, social groups, and psychological characteristics
arise from an innate, internal “essence” that is rooted in biology and remains stable over�…

More than 1 billion people worldwide report no religious affiliation. These religious “nones”
represent the world's third largest religion-related identity group and are a diverse group�…

Adults' judgments regarding punishment can have important social ramifications. However,
the origins of these judgments remain unclear. Using the legal system as an example�…

When faced with a dilemma between believing what is supported by an impartial
assessment of the evidence (eg, that one's friend is guilty of a crime) and believing what�…

Literature and art have long depicted God as a stern and elderly white man, but do people
actually see Him this way? We use reverse correlation to understand how a representative�…

Two experiments investigated how evaluations of intergroup curiosity differed depending on
whether people placed responsibility for their learning on themselves or on outgroup�…

Highlights•Infants and children notice when others share their beliefs.•Shared beliefs
influence social judgment.•Shared religious beliefs appear particularly influential.The�…

Although many definitions of culture exist, studies in psychology typically conceptualize
different cultures as different countries. In this article, we argue that cultural psychology also�…

In Practicing Safe Sects F. LeRon Shults provides scientific and philosophical resources for
having “the talk” about religious reproduction: where do gods come from–and what are the�…

Extending prior research on belief attributions, we investigated the extent to which 5‐to 8‐
year‐olds and adults distinguish their beliefs and other humans' beliefs from God's beliefs. In�…