An illusion of control modulates the reluctance to tempt fate
The tempting fate effect is that the probability of a fateful outcome is deemed higher following an action that ``tempts'' the outcome than in the absence of such an action. In this paper we evaluate the hypothesis that the effect is due to an illusion of control induced by a causal framin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2011-10-01
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| Series: | Judgment and Decision Making |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.sjdm.org/11/11623/jdm11623.pdf |