"Wolof "Magical Thinking
Culture and Conservation Revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2315635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith T Irvine (0000-0001-5096-5124, Brandeis University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 300-310 |
| Publication date | 1978-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002202217893003 |
| OpenAlex | W2169611907 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper examines the study of conservation among the Wolof of Senegal as illustrative of methodological problems in cross-cultural Piagetian research. Experiments carried out by Greenfield are compared with more recent investigations conducted in the same area of Senegal. The results suggest that cultural conventions governing the organization of talk are more likely to explain the responses of unschooled Wolof than is "magical thinking
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2018 (39) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |