Step on a Crack, Break Your Mother's Back? It's Not Rational But Still We Believe It
Who hasn't done this? If the light stays green till I get there, I'll get that raise. I said nothing bad ever happens to that backstabber and now he broke his leg. If I'm really nice, my husband will make dinner. Well, you get the drift. It's called magical thinking and we all do it. When sports fans wear their lucky shirts on game day, they know it is irrational to think clothing can influence a team’s performance. But they do it anyway. Even smart, educated, emotionally stable adults believe in superstitions that they recognize are unreasonable, according to newswise.com. Research has found that even when people recognize that their belief does not make sense, they can still allow that irrational belief to influence how they think, feel and behave. I know when I was waiting for a biopsy report, I tried not stepping on cracks, wishing only good things for people I didn't really like, and seeing if my magic numbers (668) came out in Lotto,all...