Keyword: «irrational cognition»

The influence of irrational forms of cognition of reality on the mental states of people

Authors:

N. Azarnov,

V. Lykina

This article examines the irrational factors of people's knowledge of the surrounding reality. In their series, prayers, superstitions, prejudices, omens, talismans, etc. are characterized by these factors, the features of their influence on the psyche of people, in particular, on the reduction of negative mental States and their stabilization. Some reasons for the formation and development of these formations in the psyche of people are revealed.

Keywords: prejudices, signs, superstitions, activity of people, knowledge of the surrounding reality, irrational cognition, the relationship of irrational factors and mental states of people