The Science of Lay Theories How Beliefs Shape Our Cognition, Behavior, and Health /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Zedelius, Claire M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Müller, Barbara C. N. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schooler, Jonathan W. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Health psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Psychology and religion.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Religion and Psychology.; Health Psychology.

This timely and important collection broadens our understanding of the ways in which lay theories (also known as folk psychologies, implicit theories, naïve theories, or mindsets) impact our lives and social relations. Moving well beyond lay theories as applied to intelligence and achievement, this...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface by Carol Dweck
• 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 Michèlle 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.