RussellRoberts,Jane L.Risen, inCurrent Opinion in Psychology, 2022 Magical thinking Magical thinking(the belief that objects and events can be influenced by actions in the absence of any empirical causal connection) and superstitious beliefs (irrational orfalse beliefsoften related to controlling luck)...
Reviewed by Psychology Today Staff What Is Magical Thinking? Most people don't believe in magic, but they may still wish for a good outcome by knocking on wood. Magical thinking—the need to believe that one’s hopes and desires can have an effect on how the world turns—is everywhere. ...
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Introduction: This chapter introduces the topic of magical thinking, highlighting its significance in cross-cultural psychology. It outlines the research objectives and the methodology employed in the study. Literature overview: This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the concept of magical thin...
A 30-item true–false scale was developed for magical ideation, which is defined as belief in forms of causation that by conventional standards are invalid... M Eckblad,LJ Chapman - 《Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology》 被引量: 1647发表: 1983年 The Omnipotence of Voices: A Cognitiv...
Keinan,Giora - 《Journal of Personality & Social Psychology》 被引量: 223发表: 1994年 Magical thinking in judgments of causation: Can anomalous phenomena affect ontological causal beliefs in children and adults? In four experiments, 4-, 5-, 6- and 9-year-old children and adults were tested ...
I draw on cognitive science, neuroscience, social and evolutionary psychology, and cultural observation to show that we engage in magical thinking all the time—and that it’s not all bad. Supernaturalism leads us to think that we actually have free will. It makes us believe that we have an...
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