Manipulating the illusion of control variations in gambling as a function of perceived control over chance outcomes

The present study examined the ability to experimentally manipulate the cognitive heuristic entitled the "illusion of control". Five adult human females gambled at roulette for the oppurtunity to earn course extra-credit points. An alternating treatments design was utilized whereby in one...

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Main Author: Dixon, Mark R. (Author)
Format: Analytics
Language:English
Published: ©2000.
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