Year: 2017 | Month: August | Volume 8 | Issue 2
Walking Under the Ladder will Only Knock the Carpenter Off His Perch! Are Superstitions Mindless?
Abstract:
Superstitions are an inevitable product of associative learning, which manifest in endless ways and have been impacting human behaviour in spheres such as health, business, education and sports etc. Superstitions benefit individuals in the form of a coping strategy or as a defense mechanism; but are only healthy if used in moderation. Superstitions have been termed as an irrational belief, a flawed perception and still persist despite the level of technological advancements taking place. Mindfulness as a means to enhance perception is an intervention that is gaining popularity and recognition in the field of psychology. The purpose of this paper is to establish a link between superstitions and mindlessness, in order to propose mindfulness as an intervention in a formal educational setting to combat superstitions.
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