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Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition - Updated Edition
Stuart A. Vyse
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Description for Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition - Updated Edition
Paperback. In this fully updated edition of Believing in Magic, renowned superstition expert Stuart Vyse investigates our tendency towards these irrational beliefs. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHX; JM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
While we live in a technologically and scientifically advanced age, superstition is as widespread as ever. Not limited to just athletes and actors, superstitious beliefs are common among people of all occupations, educational backgrounds, and income levels. In this fully updated edition of Believing in Magic, renowned superstition expert Stuart Vyse investigates our tendency towards these irrational beliefs. Superstitions, he writes, are the natural result of several psychological processes, including our human sensitivity to coincidence, a penchant for developing rituals to fill time (to battle nerves, impatience, or both), our efforts to cope with uncertainty, the need for ... Read more
While we live in a technologically and scientifically advanced age, superstition is as widespread as ever. Not limited to just athletes and actors, superstitious beliefs are common among people of all occupations, educational backgrounds, and income levels. In this fully updated edition of Believing in Magic, renowned superstition expert Stuart Vyse investigates our tendency towards these irrational beliefs. Superstitions, he writes, are the natural result of several psychological processes, including our human sensitivity to coincidence, a penchant for developing rituals to fill time (to battle nerves, impatience, or both), our efforts to cope with uncertainty, the need for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199996926
SKU
V9780199996926
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About Stuart A. Vyse
Stuart A. Vyse is Joanne Toor Cummings '50 Professor of Psychology at Connecticut College.
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