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BELIEFS CONCERNING HUMAN NATURE: COMPARING CURRENT RESPONSES WITH THOSE GATHERED IN 1945 AND 1956
Author(s) -
FURNHAM ADRIAN
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1989.tb03070.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology
S ummary . This study replicated a study published over 40 years ago which was itself replicated just over 30 years ago concerning students' beliefs about human nature. Despite the fact that subjects were younger and of a lower educational attainment in this study than subjects in previous studies they tended on the whole to get more “correct” answers. Other studies looking at changing beliefs and superstitions over time are considered.