Cognitive Psychology of Religion is the study of the relationship between cognitive processes and religious beliefs and practices.

All of the cognitive processes are involved in the formation of religious beliefs.

Apophenia is the tendency to see patterns in random events.

Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out information that confirms our existing beliefs.

Belief perseverance is the tendency to remember information that is consistent with our beliefs and forget information that is inconsistent with our beliefs.

Emotion is the cognitive process involved in the experience of religious awe.

Anthropomorphism, animism, and personification are all terms for the tendency to attribute human-like qualities to non-human entities.

Emotion is the cognitive process involved in the experience of religious guilt.

Optimism bias is the tendency to believe that we are more likely to experience positive events than negative events.

Emotion is the cognitive process involved in the experience of religious hope.

Illusion of control is the tendency to believe that we are in control of events that are actually outside of our control.

Emotion is the cognitive process involved in the experience of religious gratitude.

Illusory superiority is the tendency to believe that we are better than others.

Emotion is the cognitive process involved in the experience of religious forgiveness.

Pessimism bias is the tendency to believe that we are more likely to experience negative events than positive events.