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Vitalistic thinking in adults.

Stuart Wilson¹

¹Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK.

British Journal of Psychology (London, England : 1953)

|October 8, 2013

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This study explores vitalistic thinking beyond biology. Paranormal beliefs, particularly New Age Philosophy, predict vitalistic causal reasoning, challenging prior assumptions about thinking styles and everyday judgments.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Philosophy of Mind
Social Psychology

Background:

Vitalistic thinking, traditionally linked to biology, involves attributing phenomena to inherent life forces.
Esoteric 'energy' concepts are often used for causal attributions, correlating with paranormal, magical, and superstitious beliefs.
Existing research has not broadly investigated vitalistic thinking in everyday causal judgments.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate vitalistic thinking in adults' causal judgments beyond biological contexts.
To determine if thinking styles (analytical vs. intuitive) and paranormal beliefs predict vitalistic reasoning.
To challenge and refine existing models of vitalistic thought and its predictors.

Main Methods:

Two experiments were conducted involving adult participants.
Experiment 1: Participants rated vitalistic and non-vitalistic causal explanations for vignettes.
Experiment 2: Participants generated their own causal explanations for events.

Main Results:

Experiment 1: New Age Philosophy (a paranormal belief dimension) and analytical thinking predicted vitalism; intuitive thinking and Traditional Paranormal Beliefs did not.
Experiment 2: Paranormal belief generally predicted vitalism, with Traditional Paranormal Beliefs showing association, while intuitive and analytical thinking did not significantly predict it.
Findings indicate a divergence in predictors based on the nature of the causal judgment task.

Conclusions:

Vitalistic thinking in everyday causal reasoning is significantly predicted by paranormal beliefs.
The relationship between vitalistic thinking, paranormal beliefs, and cognitive styles appears more complex than previously assumed.
Results suggest vitalistic thinking operates differently in general causal reasoning compared to specialized biological contexts.