Science of Lay Theories

Science of Lay Theories

How Beliefs Shape Our Cognition, Behavior, and Health

Schooler, Jonathan W.; Zedelius, Claire M.; Mueller, Barbara C. N.

Springer International Publishing AG

05/2018

382

Mole

Inglês

9783319861289

15 a 20 dias

5971

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Preface: Lay theories beyond intelligence, a bigger picture perspective by Carol Dweck



Table of Contents

Part I: The origins and nature of lay theories

Chapter 1. The Origins of Lay Theories: The Case of Essentialist Beliefs

by Nick Haslam



Chapter 2. The Motivated Fluidity of Lay Theories of Change

by Anne E. Wilson and Jaslyn A. English



Part II: Explorations in lay theories about human psychological attributes or phenomena

Chapter 3. Lay Theories of Self-Control

by Veronika Job and Gregory M. Walton



Chapter 4. What are People's Lay Theories about Mind Wandering and How do Those Beliefs Affect Them?

by Claire M. Zedelius and Jonathan W. Schooler



Chapter 5. Lay Theories of Creativity

by Simone Ritter, and Eric Rietzschel



Chapter 6. Mindsets about Malleability and Intergroup Relations

by Aneeta Rattan, and Oriane Georgeac



Chapter 7. Effects of Lay Beliefs on the Justice Motive

by Michelle Bal, and Kees van den Bos

Part III: Insights into lay theories about the metaphysical or supernatural



Chapter 8. Antecedents, Manifestations, and Consequences of Belief in Mind-Body Dualism

by Matthias Forstmann, and Pascal Burgmer



Chapter 9. Lay Theories of the Mind/Brain Relationship and the Allure of Neuroscience

by Diego Fernandez-Duque



Chapter 10. Causes and Consequences of the Belief in Free Will

by Davide Rigoni, Axel Cleeremans, and Marcel Brass



Chapter 11. Religion and its Cultural Evolutionary By-Products

by Kristin Laurin



Chapter 12. From the Impossible to the Improbable: A Probabilistic Account of Magical Beliefs and Practices Across Development and Cultures

by Martin Fortier and Sunae Kim

Part IV: Investigation of lay theories about mental and physical health

Chapter 13. Mindsets of Body-Weight

by Jeni L. Burnette, Crystal L. Hoyt, and Kasey Orvidas



Chapter 14. Lay Theories and Metaphors of Health and Illness

by David J. Hauser, Randolph M. Nesse, and Norbert Schwarz



Chapter 15. How Lay Theories Influence our Mental Health



by Adrian Furnham
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implicit theories;folk psychology;lay beliefs about creativity;mindsets;metacognition;mind wandering and lay theory;nature of willpower;ego depletion;weight-based mindsets;unconscious bias;experimental philosophy;mindsets about intelligence;mindsets about intergroup relations;justice motive;naive theories;allure of neuroscience;belief in free will;belief in God;anthropology of religion;belief in magic