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The Science of Lay Theories - How Beliefs Shape Our Cognition, Behavior, and Health (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
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The Science of Lay Theories - How Beliefs Shape Our Cognition, Behavior, and Health (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
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This timely and important collection broadens our understanding of
the ways in which lay theories (also known as folk psychologies,
implicit theories, naive theories, or mindsets) impact our lives
and social relations. Moving well beyond lay theories as applied to
intelligence and achievement, this volume considers lay theories in
an admirably wide context, including perspectives on prejudice,
creativity, self-regulation, health, free will, justice, magic,
religion and more. Eminent and emerging scholars alike provide a
comprehensive overview that presents and synthesizes cutting edge
contemporary research on lay theories, spanning social, cognitive,
developmental, cultural, and clinical psychology. Structurally,
this volume is organized in three parts. Beginning with a preface
by renowned scholar Carol Dweck, the first part looks at the
origins and nature of lay theories, and how malleable they are. The
second part explores lay theories about common psychological
phenomena. The third section discusses lay theories about the
metaphysical or supernatural. Finally, the last section explores
the important question of how lay theories impact health and health
behavior. Taken together, the chapters provide an integrative
survey of the science of lay theories, bringing together many
perspectives that previously have been studied largely in
isolation. This volume is more than the sum of its
parts-perspectives from different strands of research provide
insights that cut across research disciplines, making novel
connections and prompting new directions for this field of study.
Shedding light on how our beliefs shape all facets of our lives,
The Science of Lay Theories: How Beliefs Shape Our Cognition,
Behavior, and Health will appeal to researchers and practitioners
in psychology, as well as philosophers, cognitive and developmental
neuroscientists, religious scholars, sociologists, and
anthropologists. It is very rare to say of an edited volume of
scholarly chapters "I couldn't put it down!" Yet that was the case
with this book. It's not just that I have worked in this field for
many years, but rather, with every chapter I felt I was gaining new
insights into what, deep down, people really believe and how these
beliefs influence their lives-Carol Dweck, Stanford University,
Palo Alto, CA, USA
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