IILUSION OF CONTROL

CHOOSE A CARD

Chance = 1/52

My Las Vegas

Experience

SKILL LUCK

OR

THE JUST WORLD HYPOTHESIS – AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU REAP!

ANY

CHANCE?

FAILURE = MY LADY LUCK IS NOT

HAPPY!

SUCCESS = MY CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY CALCULATION

MORE CONTRO

L

LESS CONTROL

EXPERIMENT 1 – EFFECT OF COMPETITION ON THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL

DAPPER CONDITION :

More Competent, Less Bet

SCHNOOK: Less Competent,

More Bet

EXPERIMENT 2 – EFFECT OF

CHOICE ON THE ILLUSION OF

CONTROL

EXPERIMENT 4 – EFFECT OF RESPONSE FAMILIARITY ON THE ACTIVE ILLUSION OF CONTROL

You can expect me to speak

ENGLISH!

You are ALIEN to my

responses

EXPERIMENT 5/6 – EFFECT OF PASSIVE INVOLVEMENT ON THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL IN A

FIELD SETTING/CONTROLLED FIELD STUDY

Vs

Need for Competence,

Instinct to

Master

Striving for Superiority

Striving for

Personal Causation

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