NDLI: Illusory Control as a Function of Motivation for a Specific Outcome in a Chance-Based Situation

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Author	Biner, Paul M. Huffman, Michelle L. Curran, Melissa A. Long, Kelley R.
Copyright Year	1998
Abstract	Previous research has provided evidence that an individual's need for a chance-based outcome positively affects perceptions of the skill involved in attaining the outcome as well as certainty of winning. Two experiments were conducted to test several competing alternative interpretations for this effect. In Experiment 1, food-satiated (low-need) and food-deprived (high-need) subjects were given the opportunity to win a food incentive in a chance-based card-drawing game either in the presence or absence of situational cues previously shown to induce skill orientations. Skill and confidence-in-winning ratings were found to be positive function of outcome need regardless of the cues condition, thus not supporting an attentional or vigilance interpretation of the general effect. In Experiment 2, food-satiated and food-deprived subjects faced a similar card-drawing game, but this time were given the opportunity to choose whether or not they wanted to be personally involved in various facets of the game (e.g., shuffling the cards). As predicted, high-need subjects showed a greater propensity to want to be personally involved in playing the game, a finding offering support for a “control” interpretation. Overall results are discussed in terms of control theory.
Starting Page	277
Ending Page	291
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01467239
Journal	Motivation and Emotion
Volume Number	22
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15736644
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Publisher Date	1998-01-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Clinical Psychology Developmental Psychology Psychology of Personality Social Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Social Psychology

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