Everyday magical powers: The role of apparent mental causation in the overestimation of personal influence

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 218-231

  Pronin, Emily ^a   Wegner, Daniel M ^b,c   McCarthy, Kimberly ^b,c   Rodriguez, Sylvia ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent mental causation; Causal inference; Conscious will; Magical beliefs; Self perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAGIC; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MAGIC; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

EID: 33747187791     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.91.2.218     Document Type: Article

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