Step by Step: Finding Compensatory Order in Science

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-255

  Rutjens, Bastiaan T ^a,b   van Harreveld, Frenk ^b   van der Pligt, Joop ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

belief in progress; compensatory control; randomness perceptions; religious belief; scientific theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878769321     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412469810     Document Type: Article

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