Superstition Research Paper.

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Psychology

 

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Jason P

 

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February 18, 2014

 

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Athletes and musicians also rely on their superstitious beliefs—like lucky clothing articles, or some routine before a performance—because they think it makes them play better. Superstition is a safety net for people when the other things they rely on fail. They use their superstitions to help them in life...
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Even though they think the superstition is causing them to do better, it is just their new confidence or experience that is making them do better. Without the superstition though, the person might be thinking about how they don't have their extra edge, which would cause them to perform worse. How do people get caught up in superstitions so easily? When an athlete, or anyone for that matter, attributes something they do that is beneficial to them to be caused by some superstitious act or object, they fall into the circular reasoning fallacy described by Michael Shermer...
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