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magical thinking  

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  • Magical thinking involves the belief that one's ideas, thoughts, actions, words, or use of symbols can influence the course of events in the material world. Magical thinking presumes a causal link between one's inner, personal experience and the external physical world. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Magical Thinking]

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