Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
faithism, classroom, implicit bias, undergraduate students
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Psychology
Abstract
The purpose of my study was to see if there was any connection between a professor’s openness about his or her faith and the view formed of that professor by his or her students. One recent study (Reber & Slife, In Press) has shown that new undergraduate students appear to have an implicit bias towards faith as a source of knowledge, but those later in their undergraduate career have shifted their bias towards reason being a better source of knowledge. If this implicit prejudice is true then it could follow that if a professor was open about their faith, students may hold an implicit bias against that professor and their skills as a teacher.
Recommended Citation
Bright, Frank and Reber, Dr. Jeffrey
(2013)
"Faithism in the Classroom,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 571.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/571