Brian Vandenberg
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Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-St. Louis. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Human Development (2005) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.
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Magical thinking, the belief that one’s ideas, thoughts, actions, words, or use of symbols can influence the course of events in the material world. Magical thinking presumes a causal link between one’s inner, personal experience and the external physical world. Examples include beliefs that the…
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