Does superstitious behavior affect your luck? In this presentation students use their knowledge of the scientific method to answer that question. For their final research project, the following superstitions are tested: (1) walking under a ladder, (2) opening an umbrella indoors, and (3) spilling salt. This presentation was created by Charles DeLoach, Paarth Trivedi, Eli Goodman, Brady Serwitz, and Sara Owens for Dr. Michael Shermer’s course, Skepticism 101: How to Think Like a Scientist (Without Being a Geek) at Chapman University during the fall 2011 semester.
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Topics addressed: philosophy of science and scientific method • superstition and magical thinking
Resource type: powerpoint and keynote presentations • student projects and papers
Academic discipline: psychology
Academic level: college and university • secondary
Resource type: powerpoint and keynote presentations • student projects and papers
Academic discipline: psychology
Academic level: college and university • secondary
