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PENSEE MAGIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

The erroneous belief that one's thoughts, words, or actions will cause or prevent a specific outcome in some way that defies commonly understood laws of cause and effect.

OBS

Magical thinking may be part of normal child development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Croyance erronée que ses pensées, ses mots ou ses actions pourront entraîner ou empêcher un résultat en particulier, d'une manière ou d'une autre, par des moyens défiant les lois normales de la causalité.

OBS

La pensée magique peut faire partie du développement normal de l'enfant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología cognitiva
  • Psicología clínica
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