Vitalism, purpose and superstition.
Developmental studies have shown that children assign purpose to objects more liberally than adults, and that they explain biological processes in terms of vitalistic causality. This study tested the hypothesis that similar misconceptions can be found among superstitious adults. The results from 116...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Psychology Vol. 98; no. 1; pp. 33 - 45 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
February 2007
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