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29th APS Annual Convention

Understanding What Is and What Is Possible: Examining the Impact of Cognitive Biases and Religious Experiences on the Understanding of Possibility Across Cultures and Individuals

Sunday, May 28, 2017 · Boston, MA

Cognitive

How might the individual and cultural differences in supernatural beliefs impact the fundamental ways individuals perceive the world? This symposium will present evidence about how individual and cultural differences in beliefs about supernatural phenomenon and experiences with religion impact beliefs about what is real and what is possible.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Jennifer CleggChair
    Boston University
  • Ayse PayirCoChair
    Boston University
  • Jacqueline WoolleyDiscussant
    University of Texas at Austin

Presentations

  1. Cross-Culturally Recurrent Tendencies to Explain Natural Phenomena in Terms of Intentional Design: Evidence from Adults in ChinaElena Järnefelt, Liqi Zhu, Deborah Kelemen
  2. Secularization and the Spiritual Market Place in the Czech Republic and SlovakiaAiyana Willard
  3. The Impact of Religious Beliefs and Fantasy-Orientation on Perceptions of What Is PossibleJennifer Clegg, Kelly Cui, Paul Harris, Kathleen Corriveau
  4. Developmental Differences in the Efficacy of Supernatural Causality: What Can God Make Possible?Kirsten Lesage, Rebekah Richert