Superstitiousness and paranormal beliefs of engineering students comparing to students majoring in sciences, arts and humanities

Abstract

© 2018. The research the differences in manifestation of superstitiousness and paranormal beliefs of students of differents studies. A hypothesis was made that engineering students have lower indexes of superstitiousness and paranormal beliefs. 90 undergraduate students took part in the research: 30 engineering students, 30 humanitarian students (Philology, Psychology and Sociology) and 30 students majoring in Natural Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics). The study revealed no significant differences between the students who study engineering and natural sciences in despite dissimilar world-views.