Różycka-Tran, J. (2017). Love thy neighbor? The effects of religious in/out-group  nbjbjbjjidentity on social behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 115, 7–12.   nbjbjbbbbbijhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.11.009

When studying behavior you must take into account the current social structure and how much society has an affect on the behaviors we carry out. When we are in different social settings or have different social norms planted in our day to day lives, there is a good chance that our behaviors adapt as well. Różycka-Tran researches the effects of religious social behavior when it comes to in/out-groups. When Christian people were put in the scenario of being about to help out another fellow christian and non-believers, the Christians only helped the “in group” Christians; thus the title “Love thy neighbor”. “Love thy neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39), being the second greatest commandment given by Jesus, I would think that Christian’s would be practicing this the most, but from this study and to many of our experiences in life, this clearly does not get practiced as it should. Being that a good part of my study is based on prior and current religious experience and practice, Tran’s research allows me to be conscious during the data analysis and gathering phase of my project. Tran shedding light on the fact that Christians do not follow one of the most important commandments, but love to appear as such in conversation, forewarns me of a pattern of “religious fluff” that may come up in conversation despite the tempo of music. After having this knowledge, I will not have to put that much emphasis in the ares of conversation where “religious fluff”had taken place when describing results. Without this factual prior knowledge, the religious fluff would have thrown my research in a consistent flatline trend in the religious conversation, and maybe the political.