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naive physics: a standalone construct

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Cognitive psychology

intuitive but mistaken beliefs about how objects move, such as expecting a ball leaving a curved tube to keep curving.

In cognitive psychology, naive physics refers to intuitive but mistaken beliefs about how objects move, such as expecting a ball leaving a curved tube to keep curving. This meaning comes from McCloskey (1980) in Science.[1]

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References

McCloskey, M., Caramazza, A., & Green, B. (1980). Curvilinear Motion in the Absence of External Forces: Naïve Beliefs About the Motion of Objects. Science, 210(4474), 1139-1141. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.210.4474.1139

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