Compensatory control: Achieving order through the mind, our institutions, and the heavens

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 264-268

  Kay, Aaron C ^a   Whitson, Jennifer A ^b   Gaucher, Danielle ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory control; Pattern perception; Personal control; Religiosity; Religious belief; System justification

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849129892     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01649.x     Document Type: Article

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