Magical thinking

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Magical thinking topic overview

The analysis highlights Applications, Art and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Magical thinking.

Related topics: 46
Source areas: 4
Connected nodes: 55
Extracted relationships: 110
Concept neighborhoods: 16
Bridge connections: 55

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 16 topics

Types · 13 topics

Causes · 12 topics

In children · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Sources

Horton, Robin Robin W.G. Horton
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JSTOR JSTOR (identifier)
S2CID S2CID (identifier)

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Magical thinking connects Entity context

The extracted context around Magical thinking shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Magical thinking → Abridged, African, April, Archived, Basil Blackwell, Believing, Bruce, Bryan, December, Dutton, George, HarperOne, Healthy, Hood, Horton, How Irrational Beliefs Keep, Hudson Street Press, Hutson, In Wilson, ISBN Another extracted example is Magical thinking → An, Another, As, Austin's, Frazer, John, Leading, One, Other, Stanley, Tambiah, They. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Top relations

related to Further reading · 52

Magical thinking → Abridged, African, April, Archived, Basil Blackwell, Believing, Bruce, Bryan, December, Dutton, George, HarperOne, Healthy, Hood, Horton, How Irrational Beliefs Keep, Hudson Street Press, Hutson, In Wilson, ISBN

related to Symbolic approaches · 12

Magical thinking → An, Another, As, Austin's, Frazer, John, Leading, One, Other, Stanley, Tambiah, They

related to Direct effect · 10

Magical thinking → Bronisław Malinowski's Magic, From, He, It, More, Religion, Science, Sigmund Freud, Speak, This

related to In children · 10

Magical thinking → According, Children, Cognitive Development, Due, During, It, Jean Piaget, Jean Piaget's Theory, Magical, Their

has cause · 8

Magical thinking → According, Alternatively, Boyer, For, In, Liénard, Magic, The

related to Grief · 6

Magical thinking → According, Also, It, Make-believe, Piaget, What

see also · 4

Magical thinking → AgeNew ThoughtThe Year, Cognitive, Mythopoeic, New Thought

is a · 3

Magical thinking → belief that one's thoughts by themselves can bring about effects in the world or that thinking something corresponds with doing it, symbolic approach, type of fallacious thinking and is a common source of invalid causal inferences

related to Related terms · 2

Magical thinking → People, Quasi-magical

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

thinking magical magic children may world beliefs theory thoughts events child often age control isbn believe act feel death used

Magical thinking relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 110 structured relationships around Magical thinking. Examples in this analysis include Magical thinking → is a → type of fallacious thinking and is a common source of invalid causal inferences and Magical thinking → is a → belief that one's thoughts by themselves can bring about effects in the world or that thinking something corresponds with doing it. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Magical thinking	is a	type of fallacious thinking and is a common source of invalid causal inferences	0.90	text
Magical thinking	is a	belief that one's thoughts by themselves can bring about effects in the world or that thinking something corresponds with doing it	0.90	text
Magical thinking	is a	symbolic approach	0.90	text
OCD	instance of	This can cause unusual behavior in extreme cases reminiscent of symptoms of mental illnesses	0.80	text
psychosis.The average case of magical thinking takes the form of manifesting a dream life	instance of	This can cause unusual behavior in extreme cases reminiscent of symptoms of mental illnesses	0.80	text
or superstitious beliefs such as the unlucky number 13	instance of	This can cause unusual behavior in extreme cases reminiscent of symptoms of mental illnesses	0.80	text
Magical thinking	has cause	According	0.60	section
Magical thinking	has cause	Magic	0.60	section
Magical thinking	has cause	In	0.60	section
Magical thinking	has cause	Boyer	0.60	section
Magical thinking	has cause	Liénard	0.60	section
Magical thinking	has cause	For	0.60	section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Magical thinking bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Thinking, Beliefs and Events. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

Magical thinking
- Thinking
- Beliefs
- Events
- Control
- Children
- Belief
- Effect
- Death
- Magic
- World
- May
- Child
magical thinking
- Thinking
- Beliefs
- Children
- Events
- Control
- World
- Belief
- Effect
- Death
- Magic
- Pet
- Age
logical thinking
- Children
- Beliefs
- World
- Magic
- Effect
- Pet
- Death
- Age
- Control
- Theory
- Child
- Psychology
in children
- Age
- Feel
- Theory
- Often
- World
- Thinking
- According
- Effect
- Magical
- Magic
- Phenomenological
- Events
beliefs
- Cause
- According
- People
- Thoughts
- Magical
- Control
- Correlation
- Thinking
- Superstitious
- Certain
- Events
- Experience
magic is effective psychologically
- Theory
- Phenomenological
- Psychology
- Thought
- Understand
- Used
- Believe
- Age
- Control
- Thinking
- World
- Person
events
- Often
- Correlation
- Causal
- Cause
- Magical
- Thinking
- Effects
- Superstitious
- Thoughts
- Understand
- Feel
- Age
placebo effect
- Thought
- Age
- Control
- World
- Children
- Phenomenological
- Psychology
- Magic
- Science
- Thoughts
- Magical
- Believe

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Magical thinking, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Magical thinking with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Magical thinking — Overview · splits 39 ⟂ 17

Magical thinking — Types · splits 42 ⟂ 14

Magical thinking — Causes · splits 43 ⟂ 13

Magical thinking — In children · splits 50 ⟂ 6

Magical thinking — Sources · splits 51 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Magical thinking

Nodes56

Edges55

Triples110

Avg. degree1.96

Density0.035714

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Magical thinking to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Applications, Art & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Magical thinking · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

Magical thinking: Applications, Art & Science

Magical thinking topic overview

What this topic covers Research coverage

Key facts & relationships

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Overview

Types

Causes

In children

Sources

Advanced semantic analysis

How Magical thinking connects Entity context

Magical thinking

Top relations

Important terminology

Important terminology

Magical thinking relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

Map overview Semantic statistics

Magical thinking

Source & methodology