The Psychology of Superstition

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158 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction by Judd Marmor, M.D.; What is Superstition?; Superstition Forming Part of a Cosmology or Coherent World-View; Other Socially Shared Superstitions; 'O ccult' Experiences of Individuals; Personal Experiences; Prevalence of Superstition; Some Public Manifestations of Superstitions; Systematic Surveys; Appendix to Chapter Two; Superstition as Error; Superstition and the Unconscious; Superstition as a Conditioned Response; Superstition as a Social Phenomenon; Superstition as a Mode of Thinking; Future of Superstition; Index of Names; Index of Subjects. Show more