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IV. Superstitions IV. Superstitions IV.

superstitions
A. Black Cats A. Bad luck A. Mostly coincidence
1. People own black cats; no bad luck 1. Black cats 1. Bad day had bad cause
2. Too cuddly to be witches 2. Broken mirror 2. Remember things you did
3. Good affection 3. Evil eye 3. Attribute cause where none exists
B. Purse on the floor 4. Walking under ladder B. Control
1. We spend money 5. Opening umbrella 1. Every day things change
2. Disrespect money and wealth 6. Whistling at night 2. Comfort in idea of changing fate
3. Origin—don’t damage purse B. Good Luck 3. Bad things happen to bad people
C. Sweeping Feet 1. Fingers crossed C. Stories
1. Nothing bad happens 2. Knock on wood 1. Compelling ideas create stories (bloody
2. Coincidence to be solitude 3. 4 leaf clover Mary)
3. Accidentally, even when married 4. Itchy palms 2. Seeing hits and not misses
D. Knock on wood 5. Lucky underwear 3. examples
1. Undoes the bad C. General
2. Prevents jinxing 1. Full moon (lucky or unlucky)
3. Provides psychological comfort 2. Dropping a fork
E. Pointing at a rainbow 3. Drop food when looked at
1. Finger falls off; millions would be missing
a finger
2. Stye –infection more likely
3. Go blind—millions would be blind

IV. Superstitions IV. Superstitions IV. superstitions


A. Walking under a ladder A. Splitting the pole (relationship problems) A. Origins
1. accidents happen 1. most of the time nothing happens 1. when people believed magic and spirits controlled
2. at construction sites, accidents happen where ladders 2. people fight, have problems everything
are present 3. no proof (hypothetical experiment) 2. before methods of science were understood
3. If bad, would prevent people from going under B. Palms get itchy when money coming your way 3. when people feared the dark (before electricity)
B. Athletic competitions 1. money always coming in (and going out) B. starts with children
1. lucky socks 2. Itching is normal, happens to everyone 1. cannot think critically
2. “lucky” team is just better 3. if true, people would be getting money all the time 2. when they believe in easter bunnies and tooth fairies
3. if both using luck charms, one team still loses C. Never open umbrella indoors 3. when they accept whatever explanation an adult gives
C. Broken Mirror 1. it’s just an object C. Why they continue
1. could cut yourself 2. accidents happen 24/7 1. confirmation bias—we only note when our ideas are
2. would be made harder to break 3. can injure if opened indoors; that can be proven proven, and ignore when they are disproven
3. bad luck is random D. Knocking on wood 2. traditions are hard to give up because of cultural
D. Friday the 13th 1. just wood pressures
1. rare day, just twice a year 2. not proven by science 3. Fear…what if…
2. bad things happen any day 3. helps with guilty conscience when talking about
3. no statistical proof that accidents increase that day others

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