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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Supernatural beliefs"”.
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Uncertainty, Individual Differences, and Paranormal Beliefs
… the relationship between uncertainty and supernatural beliefs, as well as the link between individual personality traits and supernatural beliefs. Participants were placed in four different prime conditions: self uncertainty, other uncertainty, self affirmation, or other affirmation. The …
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Conditional reflection and the Religion Reflection Scale: How familiarity with different domains influences cognitive reflection
… to their increased skepticism of intuitive supernatural beliefs. However, the argument is raised in this investigation that the current measures of cognitive reflection in the field may not encapsulate the totality of dual-process thinking. Just as math students outperform upper-level …
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Lucky Pennies and Four Leaf Clovers: Young Children's Understanding of Superstitions
… are introduced by our culture to concepts and beliefs that seem to contradict their early theories. For example, children learn of popular superstitions (e.g., a four-leaf clover bringing good luck) that employ causal mechanisms outside the realm of natural laws governing the physical world. …
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Young Childrens' Understanding of Superstitions
… their experiences with superstitions, their beliefs about the efficacy of superstitions, and their knowledge of the mental and physical components of superstitions. Participants also completed a belief task designed to assess the relative importance of belief and action in superstitions. The …
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Aspects of supernatural belief, memorate and legend in a contemporary urban environment.
… bias of previous work on the folklore of the supernatural in order to shed light on present day attitudes and concepts. In the past, folkiorists have done very little to collect their own culture, or even to recognise its forms. This has been particularly true of British work on ghost …
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Mujeres de mal vivir: Gender, religion, and the politics of power in colonial Guatemala, 1650-1750
… on Spanish, African, and Mayan religious and supernatural beliefs. I base my analysis on Inquisition cases prosecuted in Santiago de Guatemala from 1650 to 1750, supplemented with civil and ecclesiastical correspondence, city council records, and other sources. The examination of women's …