Research paper

Journal Assignment

The author of the article “How Superstitions Are Affecting Your Behavior” is Stacey Colino. She is a health and wellness reporter at U.S. News. She is an award-winning writer who specializes in health, fitness, psychology and nutrition. Her numerous works have appeared in national magazines and she is also a co-author of the books like “Disease-Proof: The Remarkable Truth about what makes us well”, “Strong is the New Skinny” and so on. She is also a certified spinning and group exercise instructor and an ACE-certified health coach.

Colino on her article basically talks about common superstitious behavior present in the society, what are the causes of these behavior and beliefs and how are they affecting our behavior and daily life. She is not necessarily trying to say that these behaviors are wrong, and they don’t do any good to people, but she is showing us the above mentions topics about the superstition staying on a neutral position. The article starts with the most common behavior present in the society like spooked on 13th, black cats crossing the path, walking under the ladder, knocking the wood for good fortune and so on on the first paragraph. Colino says that these superstitions started from traditions and upbringing and the main cause for it is the uncertainty of life. If you have something you desire that you cannot make sure will happen," you might engage in superstitious behavior.

Furthermore, in the third paragraph is says superstition can affect our behavior and state of mind on everything, from our preparation of performance to our response in any situation. Different researches and surveys are mentioned to prove this point. At the end, colino says that whatever the setting is, superstitions are not good when they cause you to do things that are not beneficial to you and this is very true because it is just a waste of our valuable time and effort for no return.

Colino, Stacey. “How Superstitions Are Affecting Your Behavior.” U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, health.usnews.com/wellness/mind/articles/2016-10-26/how-superstitions-are-affecting-your-behavior.