Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition by Stuart Vyse

Stuart Vyse's book 'Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition' is a psychological text exploring the nature and origins of superstitious belief. The work covers topics including the superstitious personality, developmental origins, and the rationality of magical thinking. The dataset, sourced from paperswithcode, likely contains the text or structured information from this publication.

Use Cases

• Text analysis of psychological concepts based on chapter titles like 'The Superstitious Person' and 'Superstitious Thinking'
• Topic modeling for themes in superstition research based on described sections such as 'Growing Up Superstitious' and 'A Magical View of the World'
• Comparative study of rationality and abnormality in belief systems based on the chapter 'Is Superstition Abnormal, Irrational, or Neither?'

Strengths

• Authored by a recognized expert, Stuart Vyse of Connecticut College
• Covers multiple facets of superstition psychology as indicated by the seven distinct chapter topics

Limitations

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• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Stuart Vyse, Connecticut College

Collection Method

Likely derived from the published book 'Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition'

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