NDLI: Illusory control as a function of the motivation to avoid randomly determined aversive outcomes

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Author	Biner, Paul M. Johnston, Bradley C. Summers, Amanda D. Chudzynski, Elyse N.
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Previous research has provided evidence that the need to attain appetitive outcomes positively affects the certainty of winning that outcome in purely chance-based games. Three experiments were conducted to test the notion that the need to avoid an aversive outcome affects winning confidence in the same fashion. In Experiment 1, participants were given the opportunity to avoid having to give an introductory remark (low need) or an impromptu speech (high need) to a group of peers by winning a chance-based card-drawing game. As predicted, confidence-in-winning ratings were found to be a positive function of outcome need. In Experiment 2, participants faced a similar card-drawing procedure but this time could avoid ostensibly having their arms submersed in either room temperature water (low need) or cold water (high need) need. Again as expected, results showed that participants in the high need condition not only displayed greater winning confidence but also believed more skill was involved in playing the purely chance-based game. In Experiment 3, the methodology of Experiment 1 was replicated incorporating a skill measure. The results of this experiment mirrored those of Experiment 2. Results of these investigations are discussed in terms of control theory.
Starting Page	32
Ending Page	41
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01467239
Journal	Motivation and Emotion
Volume Number	33
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15736644
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2008-12-09
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Illusory control Illusion of control Motivation to avoid Aversive outcomes Clinical Psychology Personality and Social Psychology Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Social Psychology

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