The Role of Ritual in Children’s Acquisition of Supernatural Beliefs
This study investigated how observing the ritualisation of objects can influence children’s encoding and defence of supernatural beliefs. Specifically, we investigated if ritualising objects leads children to believe those objects might be magical, buffering against favouring contrary evidence. Seve...
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Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 6 |
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B Protest B Magic B Imitation B Development B Ritual B Supernatural |
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