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T H Poling

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Religious sentiment in church affiliates and nonaffiliates.

The Religious Life Inventory was administered to 454 college students, members of one of three religious denominations (Catholic, Methodist, Baptist) or a member of no church (nonaffiliate). An evaluation of the four groups on 3 scales showed nonaffiliates scored less external in religious sentiment than affiliates, Baptists scored higher on internal religious sentiment than nonaffiliates, and no differences among groups were found for interactional religious sentiment.

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Lithium effects on active and passive avoidance behavior in the rat.

Lithium chloride reduced the rate of acquisition of a passive-avoidance response and decreased the rats' reaction to the shock delivery. Acquisition of an active-avoidance response was unimpaired by lithium, although lithium-administered rats responded predominantly to the cue stimulus, making significantly fewer precue avoidance responses than did controls. Lithium's efficacy in the treatment of manic disorders may, therefore, be the result of a decrease in the individual's reactivity to low-intensity stimulation.

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