The Science of Lay Theories How Beliefs Shape Our Cognition, Behavio
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 a
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The Science of Lay Theories How Beliefs Shape Our Cognition, Behavior, and Health
The Science of Lay Theories
Claire M. Zedelius Barbara C.N. Müller Jonathan W. Schooler •
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The Science of Lay Theories How Beliefs Shape Our Cognition, Behavior, and Health
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Editors Claire M. Zedelius Psychological and Brain Sciences University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA USA
Jonathan W. Schooler Psychological and Brain Sciences University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA USA
Barbara C.N. Müller Behavioural Science Institute Radboud University Nijmegen The Netherlands
ISBN 978-3-319-57305-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57306-9
ISBN 978-3-319-57306-9
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Foreword Carol S. Dweck
What a thrill to see lay theories shedding light on everything from prejudice to creativity, thinking, self-regulation, health, freewill, and religion. 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 is 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. Lay theories took a while to capture the imagination of a wide swath of researchers. The cognitive revolution that began in the late 1960s shone a spotlight on thought processes, but not on beliefs or lay theories. Even in social psychology, where construals and interpretations became popular (as in attribution th
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