Belief in the causative power of words as a manifestation of magical thinking in late childhood

• Authors: Agnieszka Bieńkowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of the research was to present one of the manifestations of magical thinking in late childhood, i.e. belief in the causative power of words, and relations between this phenomenon and language. One hundred and three primary school students (43 girls and 60 boys), grades 4 to 6, aged 10 to 13 were studied. A significant relation was found between belief in the direct effect of words on reality, and correct comprehension and number of phraseological units concerning the causative power of words.

Keywords

EN

magical thinking; late childhood; language; phraseological units

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 226-234

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Bieńkowska

• Institute of Applied Psychology APS, ul. Szczęśliwicka 40, 02-353 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10059-011-0029-3