Am i the stone? Overattribution of agency and religious orientation

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 312-323

  Petrican, Raluca ^a   Burris, Christopher T ^b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ST JEROME S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency detection; anthropomorphism; immanence; religious orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874055487     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027942     Document Type: Article

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