Browsing Department of Psychosocial Science by Journals "Perspectives on Psychological Science"

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    • The cultural fabric of human causal cognition 

      Bender, Andrea; Beller, Sieghard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Causal cognition emerges early in development and confers an important advantage for survival. But does this mean that it is universal in humans? Our cross-disciplinary review suggests a broad evolutionary basis for core ...

    • Illusory Essences: A Bias Holding Back Theorizing in Psychological Science 

      Brick, Cameron; Hood, Bruce; Ekroll, Vebjørn; de-Wit, Lee (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The reliance in psychology on verbal definitions means that psychological research is unusually moored to how humans think and communicate about categories. Psychological concepts (e.g., intelligence, attention) are easily ...