What is a superstitious belief?

Question

What is a superstitious belief?

Answer 1

anything that is uncanny. Don't split the pole, hat on bed,  the cat crossing in front of you.

Answer 2

Belief that we have the power to influence our luck by doing silly things.

Answer 3

this is when we believe that an event can or will happen if certain other events or conditions are either done or present.

even though these events or conditions have little or no scientific proof.

like stepping on a crack will break your moma's back.

Answer 4

n0 cientific proveen but most of chinese ppl belief in superstitious-somethings happen withhout reason-when u beliefe of ghost i think u will beliefe of this to.

this things live in our world with us...actuali most of supertitious has been passing down from past generation*

our folks tell and teach us abt those things since we were young-beliefe or not its depend on the person*

the more u beliefe the more u will see how powerfull the things is going on surrounding us.

Answer 5

A fixed false idea that, by avoiding some actions, objects, or performing some rituals, you cam protect yourself from unlucky, unfortunate events.

Carrying the most unbelievable objects with oneself, in order to avoid ones "bad luck" is another example of superstition.

They are so many. diverse and vary so much  from culture to culture, that even a  thick treaty cannot contain them all...........

I am not superstitious....you see...It brings bad luck

Answer 6

A belief that every time you long onto yahoo answers, an angel looses its wings.

Wearing the same underwear for a year will give you super-virile powers.

Eating a diet rich in frog's eggs makes you gain ridiculous amounts of muscle.

Basiccally anything you belief for no true reason.

Answer 7

GENERAL CONCLUSIONS

The vast majority of research examining the psychological correlates of superstitious belief has used the

superstition sub-scale of the PBS. This sub-scale contains three items, all of which refer to negative

superstitions. We present two studies examining potential difference in patterns of belief for positive and

negative superstitions. Significant interactions were found, for four out of five analyses, with effect sizes

ranging from .07 to .21. These findings raise questions about the validity of previous research and have

theoretical and methodological implications for future research.

On a theoretical level, these results have important implications for those wishing to understand why

people hold superstitious beliefs. As noted towards the start of this paper, almost all of the theoretical work

in this area has viewed superstitious thinking within the context of the initiation and maintenance of

maladaptive beliefs and behaviour. The significant interactions found in the present studies underline the

importance of expanding this theoretical understanding to take account of both positive and negative

superstitions. The required expansion maybe relatively small and easily incorporated into traditional models

associating superstitious belief with psychological maladjustment. This would be the case if, for example,

future research revealed that the mechanisms underlying belief in positive superstitions are conceptually

similar to those that drive belief in negative superstitions. Alternatively, belief in positive superstitions could

have their basis in quite different mechanisms, such as the promotion of self-efficacy and optimism, and

thus may only be fully explained via theoretical approaches that are substantially different to existing

models.

Answer 8

i think superstitious beleif is when people bleive sumthing which has no scientific reason of why they're bleiving it nd what are the scientific consequences to it.

Answer 9

You posted this in agriculture so I presume you mean stuff like planting on certain phases of the moon or burying horseshoes in your top paddock in your underpants with an egg in your mouth. Kind of earth magic.

It's stuff that seems a little silly or sometimes ridiculous but every so often it actually works.

Google Bio-dynamics, it's weird but interesting.