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Legare, Cristine H.; Evans, E. Margaret; Rosengren, Karl S.; Harris, Paul L. – Child Development, 2012
Although often conceptualized in contradictory terms, the common assumption that natural and supernatural explanations are incompatible is psychologically inaccurate. Instead, there is considerable evidence that the same individuals use both natural and supernatural explanations to interpret the very same events and that there are multiple ways in…
Descriptors: Evidence, Evolution, Cognitive Development, Cultural Context
Legare, Cristine H.; Souza, Andre L. – Cognition, 2012
Rituals pose a cognitive paradox: although widely used to treat problems, rituals are causally opaque (i.e., they lack a causal explanation for their effects). How is the efficacy of ritual action evaluated in the absence of causal information? To examine this question using ecologically valid content, three studies (N=162) were conducted in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Activities, Evaluation, Cultural Context
Legare, Cristine H.; Gelman, Susan A. – Cognitive Science, 2008
Three studies examined the co-existence of natural and supernatural explanations for illness and disease transmission, from a developmental perspective. The participants (5-, 7-, 11-, and 15-year-olds and adults; N = 366) were drawn from 2 Sesotho-speaking South African communities, where Western biomedical and traditional healing frameworks were…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Biology, Evolution, Physical Health